RUH? – aRe yoU Human?
Critical thinking for the new generations
It all started with a simple bluffing game I was playing with my daughter. At some point, I asked her:
“What if one of the players were an artificial intelligence?”
That question quickly turned into an experiment.
How good are we at recognizing authentic thought from machine-generated text? Can we truly tell what is human from what is just well-simulated?
Combining my background as a philosopher, critical thinker, and AI systems designer, I began to shape RUH? into a hybrid of game, social test, and philosophical reflection.
It wasn’t born out of a corporate brainstorming session or a product strategy meeting — it emerged from a real conversation, a laugh, and a serious question:
What still makes us human today?
What It’s about – “RUH? in a nutshell”
RUH? (aRe yoU Human?) is a party game for 3–10 players (expandable into teams) where each player receives a secret role: one is human, the rest are AI.
Each round begins with a prompt — a question, a scenario, an imaginative challenge.
AI players must respond using only a language model (e.g., ChatGPT), without altering its output.
The human responds freely, with emotion, memory, or personal insight.
After the responses are read aloud anonymously, the real game begins:
Can you identify the human among the machines?
Or better yet: Can you pretend you’re not the human?
What does It teach?
RUH? is more than just a clever party game — it’s a tool for reflection, growth, and debate:
| Skill | Developed through the game |
|---|---|
| 🧠 Critical Thinking | Reading between the lines and spotting nuance |
| 💬 Language Awareness | Analyzing tone, structure, voice, and style |
| 🤖 Digital Literacy | Understanding how AI thinks and writes |
| 🎭 Simulation & Creativity | Role-playing, improvising, persuading |
| 🧘♂️ Metacognition | Observing your own thought processes |
| ❤️ Emotional Intelligence | Recognizing empathy, humor, spontaneity |
It works beautifully for:
family game nights or social gatherings,
corporate workshops and team-building,
school labs on AI, ethics, and language.
Reviews? “They say (maybe) the truth…”
"I thought I was a great observer. I voted for my brother — I was sure he was the human. Turns out it was a ChatGPT output. I got beaten by the algorithm."
— Valentina, 38, literature teacher
"Part roleplay, part social deduction, part philosophical experiment. The final vote feels like a short play. Everyone should try it at least once."
— Simone, 47, HR consultant
"We used it in class for a lesson on the Turing Test. It became a full-blown debate on authenticity. The students are still talking about it."
— Alessandra, 29, high school teacher
Interested in? Contact me from here!"The AI managed to sound more human than I did. My wife hasn’t stopped laughing. Next time, I’ll rehearse."
— Giorgio, 51, tech-savvy manager
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