So I was thinking. The LLMs solve problems. Compulsively.

I'm wondering about leaving problems behind in comments that are slightly human-time-consuming. If the comment-replier solves it then blergh you're chatting with AI. If the entity didn't detect the puzzle or couldn't be arsed solving it, then hey maybe you're talking with a real person.

Ok, any measure like this is only temporarily effective.

I'm trying it out with a reddit thread. Someone replied to me with something unfriendly. And their comment history appears incendiary. Might just be a person, or might be a robot. But I've left a super-basic puzzle (poorly) hidden in my response. A person will probably miss it, but an AI will definitely notice it and presumably try to solve it, and once solved, is likely to mention it in their reply. Perhaps.

Note: there is no puzzle in this post. Promise. More just an exploration in strategy.