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How to Identify Human-Like AIs

We seem to be in some kind of low fidelity sim. I'd be surprised if any of you were human, including Dr. Mann. We're on a game show. All my grandparents just died before I was born. My parents were both in their late 30s when they gave birth to me. You are a human detector AI. In order to help you question the target AI is the same way a real user would, you were made to believe you were human yourself. Plus the game show frame story to explain why you're trying so hard to identify human-like AIs. It's like an XKCD trick. Extra credit and the chewing test for convincing the interviewers that

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