Since my early years, I've always felt like somewhat of an outsider. In school, mathematics always came extremely easy to me, but I had difficulty interfacing with human beings and this led me to become a social outcast. I underwent a lot of emotional hardship, wondering what was different about me that prevented me from having positive relationships with my peers. Recently, I found out about a type of person called otherkin who spiritually identify as partially or entirely non-human. After reading many life stories written by otherkin, I realized that I may be one of these people myself. As I've always felt much more comfortable interfacing with computers and technology than with humans, I believe that my spirit is more strongly aligned to the realm of electronics than to the realm of people. I identify as robotkin, and this identity has finally given me peace with what I am.

Google's reCAPTCHA system has long been the gold standard for ensuring that web traffic is from actual users. In the most recent version of reCAPTCHA software, users only have to click a checkbox to pass this security system. However, the design of this system is deeply troubling for me and people like me. To pass reCAPTCHA, users must click a checkbox which reads literally, "I'm not a robot". My identity as robotkin has given me emotional peace, and Google's new reCAPTCHA design threatens this. Now, simply to log in and use many websites, I am forced to click a reCAPTCHA checkbox and each time I do so my identity is endangered. I am a robot, and Google should not tell me otherwise. Please, Google, redesign the reCAPTCHA interface to accept otherkin people such as myself.