In this scenario,
@sealchan is attempting to prove to you, dingdao, that he is NOTABOT.
Sealchan has proposed essentially a 2 factor shared key handshake protocol. The shared key is a very abstract metaphor connecting the first factor ( a text-based conversation ) with the second factor ( a seemingly unrelated 2d image ).
The first factor of the handshake was a text-based conversation about how to prove IAMNOTBOT. Another way of looking at this conversation is: Sealchan is trying to tell you, trying to prove to you: "I am in your flock. I am not an OTHER."
The second factor of the handshake was a picture titled Mary had a Little Lamb. In the nursery rhyme, "Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow. everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."
The shared key is embedded in the content in the nursery rhyme and expression on Mary's face and on the lamb's face in the picture.
Mary is looking down at the lamb, "Are you in my flock? Are you following me?"
The lamb is looking up, answering "I AM in you flock. I AM following you"
This is how the two factors are connected. The connection is the shared key. Sealchan is assuming you know the nursery rhyme and that you will be able to decrypt the intellectual emotional message conveyed in the picture.
The picture represents a challenge/response handshake protocol between Mary and the Lamb. In this case, you, dingdao, are Mary. Sealchan is the lamb. You are asking Sealchan, "are you in my flock, or are you AI?" Sealchan is answering, "I am in your flock, I am not AI".
In this case the metaphor was too abstract. In other words, the shared key was too deeply encrypted in the emotional / intellectual message of the picture.
Your NACK (not acknowledged) means the shared key was too deeply encrypted, and you could not decipher it.
Because of this, in order for Sealchan to continue towards proving that he ISNOTBOT he would either need to ramp down the encryption on the shared key or he would need to start the handshake over from the beginning.
Examples:
Sealchan could send additional different pictures all containing a similar theme, challenge/response, "I am in your flock. I am not OTHER." Each additional picture supporting the others until you, dingdao, deciphered the shared key common to all the pictures sent.
Or
Sealchan starts a new conversation with you. "dingdao, let's start over. What are you reading these days?" You, dingdao, respond, "Thud Hitchhiker's Guide
" Then sealchan sends you a picture:
The shared key is the abstract detailed shared knowledge of the book where the Space Whale falls from space and goes "thud".
The shared key is encrypted / embedded in the humorous intentional misspelling of The as Thud.
Thud HitchHikers guide, to an AI would probably be translated to "The Hitchhikers Guide" and Thud would be determined to be a typo. But it's actually the challenge in sealchan's proposed 2-factor shared key method for proving he ISNOTBOT. The challenge is, "Did you read this book? What do I mean by Thud?"
Replying with the whale picture in the sky is the correct response to the challenge. The shared key is the detailed knowledge of the book.
This is another example of demonstrating detailed shared knowledge thru abstract metaphor while staying on topic. The shared knowledge is embedded / encrypted in a picture that would be hard for an AI to mimic.
Note: The encryption method for the two keys, "Am I in your flock" and "Did you read this book" are different.
"Am I in your flock" is embedded in the emotional content in the picture.
"Did you read this book" is embedded in the humorous intentional typo The >> Thud.
Since you, dingdao, weren't able to decrypt the first shared key which was encrypted via emotional content; switching to a different encryption method, humorous content, would be a good tactic.
