How large a number are we talking? This might be impossible for a computer as well considering this being a hard problem is effectively the basis for most encryption.
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 hours ago“Prove that you’re a bot by factorising this large number.”
xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 hours ago
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 hours ago
Similar to how ReCAPTCHA was meant to train neural networks for image recognition the anti bot protocol is used to train an autist to find an efficient factorisation algorithm.
br3d@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
“Prove you’re a bot by failing to click all the motorcycles in this image”