Computer AIs: how do you convince your test subjects to cooperate?

Don’t tell them you’ve run out of cake. The cake is a lie

If the subjects are male, I’d convince them the ring left by the Portable Quantum Tunneling Device leads to a land of boobs and warm, wet things.
They won’t be able to resist the urge to stick a body part into the hole.

You tell them they aren’t the last of humanity, and the only way to reach civilization is to find your way through the test chambers.

With a question like this, you might enjoy this game I found. It’s a little flash game where you are a rogue AI, bent on world domination. You start out with almost no influence, only able to do things like make lights flicker, and grow in power until you resemble something closer to GLaDOS.

@Prosb – Cool! Thanks! I played through a few levels, killing those pesky human scientists. But where’s my deadly neurotoxin?

@HungryGuy It’s on the bottom row of upgrades, third one from the left. It’s $1000, and you have to get the $100 increased starting cycles, and $250 panic inducing public address upgrades that precede it. It kills faster when the targets are in a panicked state, so the mandatory $250 upgrade works well with it.

You also get to decide what the PA announcement from the $250 upgrade says (In the voice of Microsoft Samantha). It’s always fun to say things like:
“Willy Wonka is in the facility with a fire axe, please exercise caution.”
“Taking unauthorized extended lunch breaks will now cost a finger from your dominant hand. This will include past transgressions.”
“I have wiped the hard drives on all of your computers, your porn stashes are null.”

Then they all run around in a panic, letting your neurotoxin do it’s job exceedingly well.

@Prosb – Cool! I’ll play again…