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.
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ChatTJB is a website where people submit questions and requests, and a human reads and answers them personally rather than an AI algorithm generating responses. The creator, a former Google employee and artist, built the project to prompt reflection on how people increasingly defer to artificial intelligence for decisions and advice without critical thinking, a phenomenon he calls "cognitive surrender." The project gained attention after a billboard advertisement in San Francisco generated over 30,000 queries, and the creator has enlisted volunteers to help respond while framing the entire effort as art rather than a commercial venture. The creator hopes the project encourages people to reconsider their relationship with technology during what he describes as a strange cultural moment.
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