The Quiet Prejudice of Captchas
A robot's overly literal answers to captcha questions get it flagged, and it cries prejudice.
Content note: Robot jokingly calls the captcha 'racist.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-01-14-the-quiet-prejudice-of-captchas/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Title] "The Quiet Prejudice of Captchas"
"What is your favorite color?" [Answer] "OPTICAL FREQUENCIES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHAT MY FEEBLE JELLY-LIKE EYES CAN PERCEIVE"
"Please enter the number we've texted to you." [Answer] "ALL TEXT IS NUMBERS; PLEASE SPECIFY"
"Okay, we're pretty sure that you're a robot." [Answer] "THIS GAME IS RACIST"