Real or AI Game: Spot the Generated Image Before the Clock Runs Out
The real or AI game puts one picture in front of you and asks a single question: was this taken with a camera, or generated by a model? You answer, the label resolves immediately, the next image loads. Ten rounds make one game, and a correct answer earns more points the faster it arrives. No account, no download, no payment. The three practice images on this page work exactly like the full game, so you can check your eye before the timer matters.
Three images, three decisions
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How to spot AI-generated images
Work through these five checks in order and stop as soon as two of them point the same way. A single odd detail proves nothing; the combination is what makes an assessment worth stating out loud.
- Hands and contact points. Count the fingers, then follow the edge where a hand meets a cup, a strap or a door handle. Generators merge those contact points, so skin slides into metal instead of resting against it.
- Text in the scene. Look at labels, signs, number plates and screen menus. Are they real words, in one consistent typeface, spaced like a printer would space them? Nonsense lettering is still the fastest tell.
- Reflections and shadows. A mirror has to repeat the room, a window has to repeat the light. If two shadows fall in different directions, or a reflection shows a room that is not there, stop looking for more clues.
- Background and repetition. Generators like rows. Check railings, windows, chairs and teeth for identical copies, and check whether the crowd behind the subject has real faces or soft smudges in the shape of faces.
- Skin and hair texture. Real skin has pores, stray hairs, small blotches and uneven colour, especially in bad light. Synthetic skin is evenly smooth, and hair strands clump together or dissolve where they cross the face.
None of the five is proof. Reverse image search and the original source still outweigh any visual clue, which is why the game never asks you to be certain, only to decide.
Why a timed game beats reading a checklist
A checklist is easy to agree with and hard to apply. Under time pressure the same pictures expose the habits you actually use, and that is the part worth training: most players either trust the surface of an image too quickly or hunt for a single flaw and miss the obvious one.
Each round mixes generated pictures from several difficulty levels with ordinary documentary photographs. Studio-perfect portraits on both sides would make the game a trick, so the real half is deliberately unremarkable: mixed light, motion blur, awkward framing, noise in the shadows.
Points depend on speed and accuracy together. Answer instantly and get it wrong, and you lose the round; wait too long and a correct answer is worth little. The leaderboard is public, which is why a good result says more than a screenshot of a single lucky guess.
How good are players really?
Every finished game is recorded anonymously, so the answer does not rely on impressions. Players land lower than they expect, and the distribution is narrow: most rounds end between five and nine correct answers out of ten.
Here is the current state of the recorded games:
Finished games
758
Average score
85%
Hardest image
Not enough image answers yet
Updated automatically from recorded games.
Small samples move these numbers. The point is the direction, not the second decimal.
Playing on a phone
The game runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, and a game takes about two minutes. Images are compressed and load lazily, so a round does not stall on a slow connection, and nothing has to be installed or updated.
If you only have one hand free, the two answer buttons are large enough to hit without aiming. The daily challenge is the shortest format: ten images, one attempt per day, and the same pictures for everyone who plays that day.
Frequently asked questions
Is the real or AI game free?
Yes. Playing costs nothing, needs no account and has no paid tier behind it.
How many images are in one round?
One game is ten images. Each image is answered once, then the correct label appears and the next picture loads.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, on any modern phone browser. The page is built for small screens, loads images lazily and needs no app.
Is there a daily challenge?
Yes. Once a day you get a fixed set of ten images that everyone sees, plus a streak that counts consecutive days.
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