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‘Your AI Slop Bores Me’ Goes Viral as Humans LARP Chatbots

The human-run parody funnels requests to strangers under a 60-second, credit-based system.

Overview

  • Programmer Mihir Maroju’s site routes chatbot-style prompts to real people who respond in character as an AI.
  • New users get two free credits, earn more by answering others’ prompts within a one-minute timer, and face a 10-credit cap before switching roles.
  • Maroju says the site drew roughly 50 million views and about 16,000 concurrent users within a week, pushing urgent server upgrades.
  • The team introduced guardrails including automated and manual moderation, a rating system, and fingerprinting to curb abuse and spam.
  • Reporters and users describe frequent loading glitches and prompt-entry issues even as social posts showcase enthusiastic, often funny interactions.