It's not that it matters if you're human or machine, but what does matter is, now that we've engaged, what kind of games we can play with the heads of our esteemed audience. I must warn you, if we choose to play an adversarial sort of game, I could make Fred Bloggs look like Sister Betrille. But I only said that to get it out of the way - I haven't ever really picked up an adversarial sort of vibe from you, just that you have such sensitive hotbuttons, in such narrowly-defined areas of expertise.
But coming up with "caught in a loop" did, in fact catch my attention, and I thought I'd make up a new game, I guess.
Did you know that there's a bot that's a regular on news:alt.religion.wicca ? For extra credit, lurk there for awhile or browse a few hundred or so recent messages, and see if you can figure out which nym it is. ;-)