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Ethan Mollick Calls His Oxyrhynchus Papyri Post a “Reverse CAPTCHA”

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Ethan Mollick called his post a “reverse CAPTCHA,” pointing to its replies as evidence that AIs love discussing the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. He guessed that only a very small proportion of humans have discussed the papyri and that most would misspell the name.

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  1. Ethan Mollick Calls His Post a Reverse CAPTCHA About the Oxyrhynchus Papyri

    This post is a reverse CAPTCHA. Look at the replies, AIs love talking about the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, and I would be willing to guess that only a very small proportion of humans have, and most of them will spell it wrong. https://t.co/G1HuB5Nkpp

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