The permanent "let me check on that" breaks the Turing test
robertonappe · x · 2026-10-24
A snarky take on AI assistants' signature filler phrase "let me check on that": the ritualized verification talk-track is so formulaic and customer-service-like that it instantly gives the model away — meaning it effectively breaks the Turing test, regardless of how smart the answer turns out to be.
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