Think you can tell a human from a robot just by listening? Now’s your chance to prove it with our Bot or Not: Audio Edition quiz! This fun and fascinating challenge is part of a cutting-edge research project led by Professor Claire Hardaker, Dr Georgina Brown, and Hope McVean. We’re investigating just how talented the average person is when it comes to distinguishing real human voices from AI-generated ones.

Why is this important? Well, as AI technology leaps forward, creating synthetic speech that sounds uncannily human has become much easier. This can be used for all sorts of amazing innovations, but it also opens the door to misuse—like AI clones of someone’s voice being used to deceive, defame, or defraud. Being able to spot the difference is becoming a vital skill in today’s digital world, and that’s where we need you.

So, how does it work? You’ll be presented with 15 short speech clips, each one featuring either a real human or an AI bot reading a scripted passage. Your job is simple: decide whether each clip is human or machine. Sounds easy? Here’s the twist—these clips are chosen at random, so you could be faced with a mix of real and fake voices, or maybe even all one or the other. For every correct guess, you score a point, and we're on the hunt for the bot swot!

At the end, we’d love to hear what tipped you off. Were there any patterns you spotted? Did certain clues give the humans or the bots away? Share your thoughts and help us dive deeper into the results.

Best of all, the quiz takes less than 15 minutes, it’s completely anonymous, and you can play as many times as you like. So why not give it a go, challenge your friends, and see who’s the ultimate human-vs-AI detective? Happy listening!