Phony

Operator manual

How to play

What is this?

AI voices are getting good. Can you still tell? Each round you hear voices reading the same line. Some are real people, some are AI.

Easy

Two voices, one human. Pick the human.

Hard

One voice. Call it human or AI.

Clock and daily

Listen first, then answer before time runs out. 5 rounds a day, the same for everyone. Then endless.

Keys

  • Press 1 or 2 to play voice A or B.
  • Press A or B to pick the human.
  • In Hard, press Space to play, then H for human or S for AI.
  • Press N (or Enter) for the next round. M sound, T colourway.

Leaderboard

Every call you make rates the AI voices. 1500 = sounds as human as a real person.

Privacy

An anonymous cookie keeps your streak. We log your answers and listening times. Votes may be released as a public dataset.

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