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We Talked to the Guy Who Built a Chatbot That’s Just Him Manually Responding to People One-by-One

Covered by 2 sourcesPublished Aug 6, 2026

Tucker Bryant, a former Google employee, launched ChatTJB, a chatbot service where he personally answers queries instead of AI. The project critiques overreliance on AI by reintroducing human unpredictability and inconvenience into chatbot interactions.

Covered by 2 sources

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