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TheCatWoman

I've just done a post and then click back to the list of threads and a page came up asking me if I were human and to tick a box if I am. Doe's AI not know hwo to do this?

Just before this I was on another site looking at cars and was told my post code dosent' exist and because of that I was unable to use the site, how can a site randomly decide a post code dosen't exist, it's never done it before.

Then I was being nosy and trying to find out how much a lovely house down the road is being sold for and my whole village seems not to exist, everywhere else on Anglesey does?

Why does all this stuff happen on a saturday, it's like the internet packs up for the weekend?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I've seen it happen when an update of the PAF file (issues by the Post Office I think) has a bug or corrupted entry - they normally get it updated quickly once it is spotted.

    It is probably good old human error in the file so is another justification for letting AI do it. I'm sure it will all go well until AI makes a monumental mess up and sends the robot soldiers round instead... LOL

  • It's OK, I get that several times a day. After 50+ years, I'm used to that kind of alienation. Wink

  • in reply to Iain

    It just seemed really weird that two seperate sites go off on one like that.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Does something as simple as ticking box fool Ai programs? Is it an instruction they can't understand?

    Nah, it is just human error in the people who create the sites - they make mistakes but these will be fixed when they know about them.

    AI isn't really smart enough to be left to create sites that do anything useful like take your money yet. Those who do try it quickly realise the error of their ways.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    My theory would be that Internet sites are not perfect and sometimes go wrong for no apparent reason. I have nightmares at work with various sites where something doesn't work, then I know I have done exactly the same thing and it works. I usually think it is me but mostly it's the imperfect technology. Technology can be so frustrating.

    Regarding where I live Google maps thinks I live next door.

  • https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode

    Try using the above post office/Royal mail postcode finder to see if your post code can be easily found.  It should give you a whole list of addresses linked to a post code.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    We have the real world that we can see and touch and walk around.  Then we have the Internet and AI.

    The two don't always agree with each other.

    The real problem is when people believe the online make believe world.

  • in reply to Robert124

    The weird thing was is that I've used this site before and not had a problem and my post code has been accepted, the screen actually showed my post code all filled in correctly, but said there was a problem and that it was wrong and it wouldn't let me change it or reconfirm it. People often can't find our house because it's the first in our post code and sat nav's direct people to the end of the street. I think a lot of sat navs can't cope with us having a house name and no number, but lots of houses have that too and don't seem to have a problem.

    Does something as simple as ticking box fool Ai programs? Is it an instruction they can't understand?

    Why dosen't my village exist anymore, when all the estate agents have boards up?

  • TheCatWoman said:
    told my post code dosent' exist

    I used to have that problem very often when I moved into my flat thirteen years ago.  The flats were around thirty years old, but Argos wouldn't deliver they claimed my address didn't exist.  A couple of taxi firms refused to turn up because again, my post code didn't exist.  It's better now.

  • TheCatWoman said:
    Just before this I was on another site looking at cars and was told my post code dosent' exist and because of that I was unable to use the site, how can a site randomly decide a post code dosen't exist, it's never done it before.

    there are 3 reasons I can think of for this.

    1 - There was a bug and the web page could not access the Postal Address File (PAF) to find your postcode (or perhaps you missed out the space, thereby confusing it).

    2 - The company have a limited PAF that does not include the extremities of the country where you live. i,e, they bought the cheap version.

    3 - The company deliberately excludes postcodes where it is problematic to access (islands, highlands of Scotland etc).

    This is based on experience of supporting companies who use PAFs for address lookups.

  • in reply to Deleted User
    Unknown said:
    Source: My uneducated opinion

    Hallelujah!

    I think an independent autistic opinion..... is worth 200,000 links, retweets, "shares" and all the other "normie" behaviours that I ACTIVELY seek to avoid.

    Thank you Almond.

  • I think they can, but you need sufficient sophistication to do it, and money either to host the models yourself (just somewhat powerful computers) plus an extra layer of browser interaction.

    If you do it from elsewhere server owners may also stop you.

    The riddles are more to stop simple programs to pass. I think part of the riddle is actually not the riddle, but analysis of the pointer movements and typing (but I am unsure whether they can do this currently, in a legal way.)

    Source: My uneducated opinion.