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313 points evacchi | 3 comments | 12 Apr 25 22:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.656s | source
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throwaway150 ◴[12 Apr 25 23:06 UTC] No.43668638[source]▶
Looks cool. But please help me understand. What's to stop AI companies from solving the challenge, completing the proof of work and scrape websites anyway?
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userbinator ◴[13 Apr 25 04:09 UTC] No.43670014[source]▶
This is basically the DRM wars again. Those who have vested interests in mass crawling will have the resources to blast through anything, while the legit users get subjected to more and more draconian measures.
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1. SuperNinKenDo ◴[13 Apr 25 04:35 UTC] No.43670126[source]▶
I'll take this over a Captcha any day.
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2. userbinator ◴[13 Apr 25 05:54 UTC] No.43670424[source]▶
CAPTCHAs don't need JS, nor does asking a question that an LLM can't answer but a human can.

Proof-of-work selects for those with the computing power and resources to do it. Bitcoin and all the other cryptocurrencies show what happens when you place value on that.

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3. fc417fc802 ◴[14 Apr 25 20:44 UTC] No.43686109[source]▶
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