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Show HN: Be the ChatBOT

A developer created an experimental art project called 'Be the ChatBOT' that lets users role-play as an AI chatbot, responding to realistic prompts generated by an LLM. The project aims to give people a visceral sense of what it's like to answer the kinds of queries users send to chatbots daily.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 16, 2026

I made this experimental art project/game that's an LLM chat assistant, but where you're the AI.

I wanted people to get a visceral sense of what it's like to answer the kinds of things that people prompt their chatbots day in and day out. It's also remarkable to see the variety of domains that people expect their AIs to be able to respond to competently.

If you're interested, I wrote up some more details on how I made it, including an explanation of how the "user" prompts are generated with an eye for realism: https://bethechatbot.com/about Hope you enjoy it!

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938524](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938524)

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