WIRED SCIENCE | Luis von Ahn: Human Computation | PBS

Computer scientist Luis von Ahn is best known for inventing those twisted, blurry words that websites ask you to type to post a comment or send an email. Host Ziya Tong talks to the genius award recipient about how he hopes to trick us all into digitizing old books, one CAPTCHA at a time.

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[RobotsAreHereNow]

nice that someone is thinking ahead

[my15minutes]

refreshing, isn't it? :D

[raquelita40]

pretty interesting!!

[lucirz]

luis should be shot...he invented the most annoying thing in the world!!11

[Partspare]

Why doesn't he calculate how much human time is wasted sitting in cars every time they lower a speed limit? Then we'll really see where the gravest of losses occur.

[kenf1ott]

brilliant.

she is not... "Why is flag in there?"

uhhhh... there is a flag in the photo... lady.

wow.

[joebonk]

shes hot but kinda dumb

[wolfy02]

i dont really like the thought that someone is taking advantage of my time and I dont get any profit from it, but at the same time i'm pretty excited about the translation "game" he was speaking about.

[CharAznable]

Bravo