New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand
"You ask a question, and a person named Tucker reads it, thinks about it, and writes back when awake and motivated." The post New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand appeared first on Futurism .
A San Francisco billboard has unveiled an unconventional AI chatbot called ChatTJB, which is actually operated by a single human named Tucker Bryant. The "AI" in ChatTJB stands for "average individual," not artificial intelligence, as the billboard's disclaimer reveals. Bryant, a former Google employee and artist, created the chatbot as a commentary on the "cognitive surrender" phenomenon, in which users rely on AI's confident yet often incorrect answers without critical thinking.
ChatTJB delivers responses manually, with "bad advice" and "cryptic" answers, aiming to "friction back into the chatbot experience" by making it "infinitely worse." The service is presented as a "work of satire and a public art project," with a disclaimer noting it is not a real investment opportunity. Despite its flaws, Bryant encourages users to question AI's output and "pause and remember that just because a smooth-talking chatbot can answer your questions with polish, that doesn't give you an excuse to not think."
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