Fuck Captchas

Is there any chance that captchas are going to be abolished anytime soon or at least in the distant future? Or just switching to easier patterns would be a good start already.
They are annoying as fuck. Besides, when they were introduced first I didn't really notice and automated spam problems in 4chan at that time, at least on the boards I used to browse.

Captchas can often contribute to the thread. If I'm posting about something  and the pattern is something that seems related, it's funny.