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ChatTJB replaces AI with 10,000 humans to answer queries
ChatTJB, a chatbot created by former Google project manager Bryant, does not use artificial intelligence to answer questions. Instead, it connects users with one of over 10,000 real people who have applied…
The Story in Brief
ChatTJB, a chatbot created by former Google project manager Bryant, does not use artificial intelligence to answer questions. Instead, it connects users with one of over 10,000 real people who have applied to be human 'AI' responders. The platform has received more than 1,00,000 prompts since launching in April.
According to a Fortune report, Bryant started ChatTJB as a short-term art project to highlight society's over-reliance on AI. After putting up a $6,000 billboard in San Francisco calling it a 'leading chat interface powered by AI', the service briefly received over 5,000 prompts an hour. Bryant now discourages users from paying for the 'ChatTJB Pro' tier, calling it 'stupid and worthless'. He says he is open to making the project sustainable if the right partner appears.
The Indian Opinion
This story feeds a lazy binary: AI replaces humans, so humans replacing AI must be clever satire. Yet the heavy irony masks a real question, do we trust algorithms or strangers more? ChatTJB's 10,000 'Average Individuals' cannot scale; its peak was 5,000 prompts an hour, barely a blip for any real chatbot. For now, it is a temporary art project. The concrete test: will any sustainable service emerge, or is this just a knowing stunt that proves AI's convenience is hard to abandon?
Source: timesnownews.com
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