Why am I being asked to verify?

[Keith True]

Now when I click on here I am being asked to verify. Something new? Will I have to do this every time? I don't recall ever being asked for this before.

 

[Gary WA]

Me too!

 

[Gary WA]

its OK now! I am Human!!

 

[Model A Canuck]

Same here.I was even asked after i was already logged into the forum to verify

 

[updraught]

AI thinks you are a robot.
Skynet has become aware.

 

[GPierce]

Lots of other web sites are asking that question.

 

[Benson]

The purpose of the questions is to prevent automated Computer Robots from scanning the website and downloading all of the data. All of this scanning is a big waste of Ford Barn bandwidth and Server CPU cycles.

I wonder if the purpose of SOME of these robots is to steal data to be used in "training" AI (Artificial "Intelligence") software.

In this case:

1. Artificial is self-explanatory!

2. "Intelligence" is highly suspect!

When you consider that thousands of these robots are scanning every website on the internet that a lot of bandwidth is wasted every day which costs a lot of money for all of the websites.

 

[updraught]

When I worked at a uni in the 90's the library server was running slow.
It was tracked down to a machine in China downloading every record in the database one at a time.

 

[Hitman]

lol. This is pretty normal, as you were….

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=355776

 

[nkaminar]

This is only going to get worse. Ryan is doing a good job keeping the Barn for humans. The prediction is that the internet will turn into AI responding to AI without a lot of human content.

 

[Zax40]

The purpose of the questions is to prevent automated Computer Robots from scanning the website and downloading all of the data. All of this scanning is a big waste of Ford Barn bandwidth and Server CPU cycles.

I wonder if the purpose of SOME these robots is to steal data to be used in "training" AI (artificial "Intelligence") software.

When you consider that thousands of these robots are scanning every website on the internet that a lot of bandwidth is wasted every day which costs a lot of money for all of the websites.

Much of the data you see in AI search responses was taken from internet forums and websites without the poster of the informations permission.

 

[Zax40]

From the moderator: "Fordbarn.com is under bot attack..."

"You might notice we put up an interstitial page to verify that you are human... This is temporary until the attack subsides. Sorry for any hassle..."

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=355776

 

[Robert/Texas]

When I sign on, I get that message and after a few seconds I get signed on without doing anything.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

Bert's Model A Center has the same type of verification now also. I imagine it is going to get much more common.

 

[Keith True]

It didn't do it to me this time I clicked on.

 

[ronn]

you guys havent paid your union dues..............

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=355776

 

[serocontra]

This is only going to get worse. Ryan is doing a good job keeping the Barn for humans. The prediction is that the internet will turn into AI responding to AI without a lot of human content.

we call it "Dead Internet Theory" and it's probably already happened to some places.