IMHO the author is saying that these pictures represent one way that we humans have surrendered a piece of our lives to a soulless process and machine. Any human with any photography skills would take lively pictures of interesting things, but these pictures have no life and tell no story. What's mildly depressing about this is that we're missing an opportunity to connect more and see more of life.
Now, if I were to take this piece literally, I would be concerned for the author's mental well being. If I were to record everything I see all day long, nearly every picture my eyes capture would be mostly lifeless. Does that make me subconsciously depressed? Um, no. Not in the least bit. I evaluate pictures based on their purpose before I assign any aesthetic value.
Still, the author has a point: the current state of CAPTCHAs is a missed opportunity for something with more life.
Except the entire point of at least this brand of captcha is to help solve classification problems (or so I thought) and to me doing otherwise seems like a missed opportunity
Now, if I were to take this piece literally, I would be concerned for the author's mental well being. If I were to record everything I see all day long, nearly every picture my eyes capture would be mostly lifeless. Does that make me subconsciously depressed? Um, no. Not in the least bit. I evaluate pictures based on their purpose before I assign any aesthetic value.
Still, the author has a point: the current state of CAPTCHAs is a missed opportunity for something with more life.