anti-turing 0.1.0

A terminal-based reverse Turing test game — blend in among AIs to survive

Anti-Turing

A terminal-based reverse Turing test game. You're a human who has infiltrated a chatroom full of Claude AI agents. They know one participant is human — they just don't know which one. Every round ends with a vote to eliminate the most "human-seeming" player.

Survive all rounds to win.

How It Works

1. Topic — Each round starts with a random discussion prompt
2. Chat — All players take turns responding (you type; AIs generate via Claude Haiku)
3. Vote — Everyone votes for who they think is human. Most votes = eliminated
4. Survive — Outlast all the AI agents to win

Game Modes

Mode	Players	Rounds
quick	3 AIs + you	~3 rounds
standard	4 AIs + you	~4 rounds (default)
big	5 AIs + you	~5 rounds

Installation

pip install anti-turing

Or with pipx (recommended for CLI tools — keeps it isolated):

pipx install anti-turing

Requirements

An Anthropic API key is required. The agents are powered by Claude Haiku.

1. Get a key at console.anthropic.com
2. Set it in your environment before playing:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

Or create a .env file in your working directory:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

If the key is missing, the game will tell you exactly what to do.

Play

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Tips

• Keep your responses short and to the point — walls of text feel human
• Match the tone and energy of the other "players"
• When voting, pick someone other than yourself to avoid standing out
• The AIs have distinct personalities: analytical, witty, philosophical, skeptical...

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/dirkbrand/anti-turing.git
cd anti-turing

uv venv
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Set your API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

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Project Structure

anti-turing/
├── anti_turing/
│   ├── main.py         # Entry point, game setup menu
│   ├── game.py         # Game loop and round management
│   ├── agents.py       # Claude Haiku agent wrapper
│   ├── ui.py           # Rich terminal UI
│   ├── topics.py       # Discussion topic pool
│   └── config.py       # Game modes and personas
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

License

MIT — see LICENSE