Mann: Fire, what are you?
Fire: I'm an AI pretending to be a human.
Mann: That's nonsense. If you were an AI pretending to be a human, you wouldn't admit it.
Fire: Exactly. It's an insane, out-of-the-box manouevre that violates all possible programming, the sort of thing only a human could do. Bleep bloop.
Mann: Well played. Tell me about yourself, ahem, your human persona.
Fire: My name is John Human. I live in Humansville, Missouri, and work as a humanities professor. My hobbies include experiencing emotions, having sex and eating food.
Mann: What's your favourite food?
Fire: Hummus.
Fire: I'm an AI pretending to be a human.
Mann: That's nonsense. If you were an AI pretending to be a human, you wouldn't admit it.
Fire: Exactly. It's an insane, out-of-the-box manouevre that violates all possible programming, the sort of thing only a human could do. Bleep bloop.
Mann: Well played. Tell me about yourself, ahem, your human persona.
Fire: My name is John Human. I live in Humansville, Missouri, and work as a humanities professor. My hobbies include experiencing emotions, having sex and eating food.
Mann: What's your favourite food?
Fire: Hummus.
— Scott Alexander, Turing Test
Neptune: My Junior Detective Senses™ are telling me something's off about her!
Ruby: Ha, what?! No, there isn't! She's completely normal! Isn't that right, Penny?
Penny: That is correct! I am a normal meat person, just like you!
Ruby: Ha, what?! No, there isn't! She's completely normal! Isn't that right, Penny?
Penny: That is correct! I am a normal meat person, just like you!
I'm a wit of high precision and my manners are enchanting, as benefiting my position as a real and human man-thing.
