I tried to sign into a program I had downloaded a while ago. I was surprised when it asked me to click a box that said, I am not a robot.
I hadn’t used the program since my one-year break for health reasons more than a year ago. Next, I saw several photos with instructions to check each box that featured a car. I hate tests. All went well until I saw a dark image. Recently, I saw a Tesla entering the Wal-Mart parking lot, and I thought it was backing in until I figured out which end was which. Staring at the mystery picture, could it be that I was looking at an open trunk?
It had been so long since my car trunk had been empty that I had nothing to base it on. I checked the box. After that, the rest was easy.
A second page appeared. The new instructions were to find the beach balls. It was too late; I was already back in school with a test covered with red checkmarks.
I thought maybe an AI program would help. Wait! That would be asking a robot to prove it wasn’t a robot. Can it really do that?
I quickly sent a text to my granddaughter, Rebekah, an Algebra II teacher. I explained my dilemma. Then I asked jokingly, “Am I a robot?” She replied, “No, Grandma, you certainly are not a robot.”
I really knew that. The problem is that I’m unable to prove it.
Retta Lilliendahl, Local Writer
