Each round hands you an impossible situation: talk the robot into letting you fly the plane, say. Everyone writes one answer, the AI reads them all, crowns the most convincing and gently roasts the rest. Play crowded round one phone, or everyone on their own in an online room.
How to play Convince the Robot
Pick your table: On one phone, players take turns writing and pass the device along. Online, the host opens a room and shares a four-letter code so everyone plays from their own phone, wherever they are.
Read the situation: Each round poses an absurd problem to solve in one sentence: talk the robot into letting you fly the plane, explain why the cat is innocent, argue for keeping the last biscuit.
Write your case: One sentence, two at most. Nobody sees anyone else’s answer until the round closes. The simultaneous reveal is where the laugh lives.
Let the robot judge: The AI reads every answer, crowns the most convincing one with its reasoning, and lands a small jab on each loser. The winner takes a point and the next round begins.
Tips for winning (and getting laughs)
The robot rewards conviction, not length. A short, confident sentence beats a hedging paragraph.
One concrete detail beats a general claim: "I have landed twice in Flight Simulator" carries further than "I am qualified".
Committed nonsense usually outscores being reasonable. This is not a serious jury.
Write for the read-aloud. That is where the round is actually won, not in the verdict.
Online, let the round close automatically once everyone has answered; waiting on a straggler kills the pace.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need an account to play online?
No. The host opens a room, gets a four-letter code, and everyone else types it in or opens the shared link. No account, nothing to install.
How many players fit in a room?
Up to twelve. Beyond that the rounds drag and reading every answer takes too long; three to six is the sweet spot.
What if someone loses connection?
The room keeps their seat and their score. Reopening the link drops them back into the round in progress, as long as the room is still alive.
Can the robot be mean?
It teases, it does not insult. The instructions given to the AI ask for short, good-natured jabs and rule out anything about appearance, background or anything personal.
Does the game work offline?
The situations ship inside the page and display with no network, but the robot’s verdict needs a connection. Without one the game falls back to a show of hands: the group votes for the winner.