An AI chatbot built from the brothers' words answers as Hank and John (2021)
running joke · status: short bit (2021) · last event: variation (2021-08-24)
In August 2021 Hank did a Question Tuesday in which an AI chatbot built from the brothers' words answered the viewers' questions. Days later John tried the chatbot himself, and it guessed he would live about a million years.
About: Shuffle's Hank and John AI chatbot, Question Tuesday
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | first use | Hank does a Question Tuesday in which an AI chatbot built from the brothers' words, not he, answers the viewers' questions (title bit). | Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI 00:00:29 |
| 2021-08-24 | variation | John tries the Hank and John chatbot himself; it guesses he will live about a million years, prompting his existential quandary. → refers to Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI | It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. 00:00:58 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — announcement: Hank opens a Question Tuesday with real questions from real Nerdfighters, but says it is not really Tuesday and it is not really going to be him answering. — 00:00:00
- 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank: Shuffle took the huge number of transcripts of the brothers' words and made an AI chatbot that mashes the two of them up; sometimes you can tell which brother it is being. — 00:00:29
- 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank sums up the AI Question Tuesday as delightful, if a little unsettling. — 00:03:00
- 2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John: After Hank's video in which the AI based on the brothers answered viewers, which John found only moderately dystopian, John tried the chatbot himself. (playful) — 00:00:58