They're things like "rnmnnihmr" which is barely legible in plain text but when obfuscated - grunged, blurred and waved - I find it's taking about 8 tries before I guess the answer correctly.

Reportedly there are bots getting 90% correct.

Mainly this is just a statement of frustration but in part it's a question of "doesn't this mean we've largely solved OCR now?".

[I think the last time ReCAPTCHA was discussed was this - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6615326.]