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This is from fifty years ago:

  Person: Pick up a big red block.
  Computer: OK.
  Person: Grasp the pyramid.
  Computer: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHICH PYRAMID YOU MEAN.
  Person (changing their mind): Find a block which is taller than the one you are holding and put it into the box.
  Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE BLOCK WHICH IS TALLER THAN THE ONE I AM HOLDING.
  Computer: OK.
  Person: What does the box contain?
  Computer: THE BLUE PYRAMID AND THE BLUE BLOCK.
  Person: What is the pyramid supported by?
  Computer: THE BOX.
  Person: How many blocks are not in the box?
  Computer: FOUR OF THEM.
  Person: Is at least one of them narrower than the one which i told you to pick up?
  Computer: YES, THE RED CUBE.
  Person: Is it supported?
  Computer: YES, BY THE TABLE.
  Person: Can the table pick up blocks?
  Computer: NO.
  Person: Can a pyramid be supported by a block?
  Computer: YES.
  Person: Can a pyramid support a pyramid?
  Computer: I DON'T KNOW.
  Person: Stack up two pyramids.
  Computer: I CAN'T.
  Person: Will you please stack up both of the red blocks and either a green cube or a pyramid?
  Computer: OK.
  Person: Which cube is sitting on the table?
  Computer: THE LARGE GREEN ONE WHICH SUPPORTS THE RED PYRAMID.
  Person: Is there a large block behind a pyramid?
  Computer: YES, THREE OF THEM: A LARGE RED ONE, A LARGE GREEN CUBE, AND THE BLUE ONE.

P.S. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo"