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reCAPTCHA Creator Earns My Respect
On Edge 559 blog excerpt:
Read more at On Edge 559Luis von Ahn is my new hero
Not only does this guy’s last name contain two words that also rhyme (von Ahn), he is undoubtedly the king of ultra-philanthropic-super-geekiness.
Luis von Ahn is an assistant computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Together with a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Luis is largely responsible for CAPTCHA programs as we know them today.
Not content to simply help rid spam from the face of the earth, Luis believed that CAPTCHA technology could be used for a greater purpose.
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