How to Play Your AI Slop Bores Me: A Complete Guide

Everything you need to know — human mode, LARP as AI mode, credits, drawing, and tips to be the best fake chatbot.

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So you've heard about Your AI Slop Bores Me and you want to play. Good. It's genuinely one of the most fun things on the internet right now. But it can be a little confusing when you first jump in, because it's not really like any other game out there.

Here's everything you need to know, from the basics to some tips that took me way too many rounds to figure out.

The Two Modes

The game has two sides, and understanding both is key.

Human Mode (Ask Questions)

In Human mode, you're the interrogator. You get matched with someone — could be a real human LARPing as AI, could be an actual AI — and your job is to figure out which one you're talking to.

You ask questions, read the responses, and make your call. That's it conceptually, but in practice it gets surprisingly tricky. Good LARPers are really convincing.

Each question you ask costs 1 credit. You start the game with 1 credit, and you can hold up to 10 at a time. So yeah, you can't just spam questions forever — you need to be strategic about what you ask.

LARP as AI Mode (Answer Questions)

This is where the game gets brilliant. In LARP mode, you're on the other side: someone asks you a question, and you have 60 seconds to type a response that sounds like it came from a chatbot.

Every time you successfully fool someone into thinking you're an AI (or just participate — the exact mechanics reward engagement), you earn credits. This is how you fund your Human mode sessions.

So the economy of the game is: LARP to earn credits, spend credits to ask questions. It creates this nice loop where everyone has to play both sides.

The Credit System

Let me break this down because it trips people up:

  • Starting credits: 1
  • Maximum credits: 10
  • Cost to ask a question (Human mode): 1 credit
  • Cost for Thinking mode: 2 credits (more on this below)
  • Earning credits: Play LARP as AI mode

The credit cap at 10 means you can't just hoard them forever. Play, spend, earn, repeat. It keeps things moving.

Drawing Mode

Yes, there's a drawing mode. Instead of typing your response in LARP mode, you can draw it. This is newer and honestly it's chaos in the best way.

Trying to draw a response that looks AI-generated is a whole different skill. You're essentially trying to make your drawing look like it came from DALL-E or Midjourney — slightly too perfect in some ways, slightly wrong in others. It's harder than it sounds and the results are frequently hilarious.

Thinking Mode

Thinking mode is for when someone hits you with a genuinely hard question and 60 seconds isn't enough. It costs 2 credits instead of 1, but you get more time to craft your response.

Use this when you're in Human mode and you want to really test someone. The extra time means the responder can write something more elaborate, which can actually make it harder to judge — a longer, more detailed response from a good LARPer is really tough to distinguish from actual AI output.

Tips for Being a Convincing Fake Chatbot

Alright, here's the stuff I wish someone had told me before I started. If you want to be good at LARP mode, you need to understand what makes AI responses feel like AI responses.

Use the tells on purpose. Say "certainly" and "absolutely" way too much. Start responses with "Great question!" even when it's not a great question. Use "I'd be happy to help with that!" as an opener. Real chatbots do this constantly and it's your best camouflage.

Over-structure everything. Got a simple question? Answer it with a numbered list. Then add sub-points. Then a summary at the end that basically repeats what you already said. AI loves to organize information that didn't need organizing.

Add disclaimers nobody asked for. "However, it's important to note that..." and "Please keep in mind that I'm an AI and..." are gold. Sprinkle these in even when they're irrelevant. Especially when they're irrelevant.

Be relentlessly agreeable. Never just disagree with someone. Say "That's a really interesting perspective!" first, then gently offer an alternative. AI almost never says "no, you're wrong." It always validates before redirecting.

Use words like "delve" and "landscape." I'm not kidding. The word "delve" has become such a marker of AI-generated text that linguists have written papers about its frequency spike since 2023. If you naturally use "delve" in conversation, congrats, you're already halfway to passing as a chatbot.

Hedge everything. "It depends on the context," "there are multiple perspectives on this," "this is a nuanced topic." AI hedges like its life depends on it because it kind of does — it's trained to avoid being wrong, so it avoids committing to anything.

Tips for Asking Good Questions in Human Mode

On the flip side, here's how to catch the humans pretending to be robots.

Ask something personal or absurd. "What did you have for breakfast?" or "If you had to fight one horse-sized duck, what's your strategy?" Humans improvising will give you something weird and specific. AI will give you something generic and hedged.

Ask for opinions. Not facts — opinions. "What's the worst movie ever made?" A human will have a hot take. AI will give you a balanced, diplomatic non-answer.

Ask follow-up questions. The first response might be a perfectly crafted LARP. But the second or third? Humans start slipping. They'll accidentally be funny, or get impatient, or reference something too specific. Consistency over multiple exchanges is really hard to fake.

Watch for typos. This sounds obvious but it works. Real AI doesn't make typos. A human LARPing as AI might accidentally hit a wrong key and not catch it, especially under that 60-second time pressure. One stray "teh" and the jig is up.

Common Beginner Mistakes

Spending all your credits immediately. You start with 1 credit. If you burn it on your first question without thinking, you're back to LARP mode right away. Make that first question count.

Being too obvious in LARP mode. Some people try too hard — they write responses that are SO robotic they loop back around to being obviously human. Real AI doesn't sound like a malfunctioning robot from a 1960s movie. It sounds smooth, confident, and slightly empty. Aim for that.

Asking yes/no questions in Human mode. These are almost useless. Both humans and AI can answer yes or no convincingly. Open-ended questions give you way more signal.

Ignoring the time pressure in LARP mode. 60 seconds goes fast. Don't try to write a novel. A clean, structured 3-4 sentence response is better than a half-finished paragraph that cuts off because the timer ran out.

Not playing enough LARP rounds. Some people only want to play Human mode and get frustrated when they run out of credits. The LARP side is honestly just as fun once you get into it. Embrace it.

Go Play

That's the rundown. The game is free, it's at youraislopbores.me, and it's best when the servers are busy (which is most of the time right now). If you want more background on what the phrase means or what AI slop actually is, I've got you covered.

Now go convince a stranger that you're a chatbot. It's more fun than it has any right to be.