Google and Re-Captcha reminds me of the TechnoCore and farcast technology in the Hyperion series. An AI conglomerate gives humanity a free gift, farcasters, ins

Google and Re-Captcha reminds me of the TechnoCore and farcast technology in the Hyperion series. An AI conglomerate gives humanity a free gift, farcasters, instantaneous teleportation to pretty much anywhere in the galaxy. But, SPOILER, it is discovered that the TechnoCore has been using the human minds traveling through these farcaster portals as processing power.