Re: Can You Write a Sure-fire Algorithm to Stop Bots?
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This is such a silly discussion.
If the question is:
"If bots are able to be made indistinguishable from humans, will it be possible to distinguish between bots and humans?"
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Yes that would be a silly question. But that wasn't the question.
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"Is it reasonable in the near future to make it massively difficult for bots to play online?"
and then the answer is "Yes." Things such as webcams, developed questions and answers, and so on, will help.
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Webcams would help since its significantly widening the interface through which people and the poker sites interact. However, even that isn't foolproof and many people wouldn't like it anyway.
Developed Questions and Answers won't work. Computers can already emulate human responses to textual questions at a level equivalent to many English as a Second Language people. To make the questions detailed enough to stump a computer you eliminate a large number of your customer base.
What are your other ideas? There aren't many that are practical and useful in the medium time frame of 5-10 years out.
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