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AI bots prompt need for new human verification methods

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The user is questioning whether advancements in AI will lead to a solution for the persistent "prove you are human" JavaScript prompts encountered online. They suggest that existing web standards like robots.txt and sitemaps could be expanded upon, perhaps with a machine-readable archive of an entire site, to help differentiate bots from humans more effectively. AI

IMPACT AI advancements may necessitate new methods for distinguishing bots from humans online, potentially leveraging existing web standards.

RANK_REASON The item is a user's opinion/question about a potential future solution to a common online problem, prompted by the rise of AI bots.

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AI bots prompt need for new human verification methods

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    With AI bots, do you think we'll come up with a solution that gets rid of the damned "prove your human" JS prompts? We already have robots.txt and sitemap.xml.

    With AI bots, do you think we'll come up with a solution that gets rid of the damned "prove your human" JS prompts? We already have robots.txt and sitemap.xml. Do we need a single file machine readable version of the entire site in one tarball for easy ingestion that can potentia…

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