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The question-response structure of CAPTCHAs is being put to use as the basis of several "games" in which people are used to perform classification tasks in order to help computers.
The question-response structure of CAPTCHAs is being put to use as the basis of several "games" in which people are used to perform classification tasks in order to help computers.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/computing-and-ict/computing/human-assisted-computing-putting-captchas-work" /> Dr Tony Hirst. Tony Hirst is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Systems at The Open University and regular blogger at OUseful.info. With a background in electronics and artificial intelligence, he has authored on OU courses ranging from robotics to information skills, and most recently a course on computer game design and appreciation. He has been The Open University's academic representative on BBC Radio's Click On and Digital Planet.<br />First published on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/computing-and-ict/computing/human-assisted-computing-putting-captchas-work">Human Assisted Computing: Putting CAPTCHAs to Work</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 2007
The question-response structure of CAPTCHAs is being put to use as the basis of several "games" in which people are used to perform classification tasks in order to help computers.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/computing-and-ict/computing/human-assisted-computing-putting-captchas-work" /> Dr Tony Hirst. Tony Hirst is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Systems at The Open University and regular blogger at OUseful.info. With a background in electronics and artificial intelligence, he has authored on OU courses ranging from robotics to information skills, and most recently a course on computer game design and appreciation. He has been The Open University's academic representative on BBC Radio's Click On and Digital Planet.<br />First published on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/computing-and-ict/computing/human-assisted-computing-putting-captchas-work">Human Assisted Computing: Putting CAPTCHAs to Work</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Creative-Commons 2007