Software Engineer Becomes 24/7 Caretaker for Failing AI Chatbot He Built

The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions

WIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.

It's ChatGPT except it's just one guy and he gives really bad advice

This AI chatbot doesn't just sound human. It is. AI stands for 'average individual' and it's one guy manually answering questions to rave reviews.

Software Engineer Becomes 24/7 Caretaker for Failing AI Chatbot He Built

When a single software engineer named Alexander began building an AI chatbot for a major technology firm, he had no idea his creation would soon consume every waking hour of his life. The project started as an ambitious attempt to develop an intelligent assistant capable of handling customer inquiries across multiple platforms. What unfolded instead became a cautionary tale about the hidden human costs behind sophisticated language models that m…

New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand

There’s a new AI on the block — but not the kind you’re thinking. A billboard in San Francisco is marketing a service called ChatTJB, which the giant ad boasts is the “leading chatbot interface powered by AI.” But as noted in a tiny — and partially obscured by a tree — disclaimer on the bottom of the billboard, “AI” in this case doesn’t stand for artificial intelligence. Instead, it stands for “average individual.” Indeed, when you chat with Cha…