New AI chatbot from San Francisco exposed as relying entirely on human responses, with its founder personally writing all the answers by hand.

A new "AI chatbot" named ChatTJB has recently emerged in San Francisco, USA, but the "AI" behind it is not Artificial Intelligence—it refers to an Average Individual. Created by artist and former Google employee Tucker Bryant, ChatTJB operates by having Bryant personally read, contemplate, and manually respond to every question users submit. Its website dubs the project "Artisanal Intelligence," defining it as a "Single-Operator Large Language Experience (LLE)." Bryant stated the project aims to satirize users' overreliance on AI chat tools. He noted that as AI tools like ChatGPT grow in popularity, people are increasingly prone to accepting seemingly confident, polished answers while reducing independent thinking. ChatTJB is designed to deliberately lower efficiency, allowing users to rediscover the experience of waiting, uncertainty, and the thinking process. "It's not anti-AI—it's about encouraging people to rethink," he added. Besides text responses, ChatTJB also fulfills users' image generation requests with hand-drawn illustrations. The project's website explicitly clarifies that it is a satirical public art project, not an actual AI product. Bryant hopes that after experiencing ChatTJB, users will pause to reflect when encountering AI-generated content in the future: A smooth and confident answer does not necessarily mean a correct one.