The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
It’s the creation of 32-year-old Tucker Bryant, a public speaker, artist, and former project manager at Google. A San Francisco billboard describes ChatTJB as “the leading chat interface powered by AI.” In this case, though, AI stands for “average individual.”Bryant didn’t train an LLM to respond based on how he writes. He literally sits down and answers the prompts himself.
- ▪It’s the creation of 32-year-old Tucker Bryant, a public speaker, artist, and former project manager at Google.
- ▪A San Francisco billboard describes ChatTJB as “the leading chat interface powered by AI.” In this case, though, AI stands for “average individual.”Bryant didn’t train an LLM to respond based on how he writes.
- ▪He literally sits down and answers the prompts himself.
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Caroline HaskinsBusinessAug 7, 2026 6:00 AMThe Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your QuestionsWIRED 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.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyWhat if, instead of typing the next silly question you have into Claude or ChatGPT, you asked a random guy instead?That’s the idea behind ChatTJB. It’s the creation of 32-year-old Tucker Bryant, a public speaker, artist, and former project manager at Google.
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