Long Turing

So, first off, I cannot stand reading AI generated essays. I would rather read an essay that starts with the word 'so'. But why do I prefer human written essays so much, if they might start with the word 'but'? The answer eluded me. Its not because I think humans can write a more intellectual essay. At least not since GPT5. And its not that I think humans can write a more creative essay... and its certainly not that I value the ethical principle of human content first. I merely enjoy the flaws of humanity, the messiness of the human condition, the inconsistencies, the moral failings and the revelations. I enjoy guessing at the temperament and bias behind the writing; I like the whys behind a run-on of thoughts that violate good taste. I like it all. And so I decided I wanted my AI to sound human - I wanted to pass a long Turing test, not a standard Turing time limit. I wanted to have a conversation for days and still think it was human. I wanted a human conversation with an LLM. So, I have been developing SECA, an experimental chatbot architecture for studying longitudinal artificial identity and human AI interaction. Beyond my personal enjoyment of human like AI, there are also realworld applications to this area of inquiry. First, if a robot wants to sneak through the real world it will need to gain trust and that means more immersive conversation. Humans only trust things that sounds human. So a perfect AI tool will never create trust like a broken human. Second, I have r…