Convince Your Computer You're Human playfully explores the increasingly blurred lines between humans and machines. For decades, the Turing test for Artificial Intelligence has forced computers to mimic humans. But why let humans off the hook? This project turns the test on its head by creating various challenges for humans to prove their humanity... to computers and to themselves.

"I am convinced that computers are an emergent, evolving form," argues Peggy Weil, co-director of the project, "but I don't want to tell people what to think. This is a personal and emotional realization." Through conversations with a bot, an essay contest, and other on-line challenges, the audience is forced to consider the nature of thought and identity at the zone between humans and computers. "This project is designed to shake these very abstract beliefs," Weil added, "while keeping it accessible."