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Tucker Bryant’s ChatTJB: one-man 'chatbot' answers 1,000+ queries daily

Tucker Bryant runs ChatTJB, a service marketed as a chatbot but entirely operated by him. He writes more than 1,000 user responses a day, rents a $6,000 billboard that advertises the service as 'powered by AI'—with AI redefined as 'Average Individual'—and provides hand-drawn image sketches on request. Bryant, a Stanford graduate and former Google employee, created the project to challenge blind trust in automated chat systems and has handled both casual questions and serious personal inquiries.

• Bryant personally composes every ChatTJB response, handling over 1,000 replies per day.
• He paid $6,000 for a billboard that promotes ChatTJB as 'powered by AI', joking that AI stands for 'Average Individual'.
• Users receive text answers and rudimentary hand-drawn image sketches when they request images.
• Bryant, a Stanford graduate and ex-Google employee, says the project addresses 'cognitive surrender' to AI and has fielded serious user questions, including honeymoon anxiety.