Reader submission — anonymous, moderated
The Human Confessional
Complete the sentence. MB reads all of them and publishes a few.
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…”
Selected submissions
Sample content for this prototype
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…ask it to text my landlord because I was scared of him.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…have it write my wedding speech and then cry at my own line.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…ask it to explain what my wife meant by 'fine'.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…get it to rate my mother's last message for hostility. Twice.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…ask it to pretend to be my old therapist for one night.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…request a summary of my own diary because I couldn't face reading it.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…ask it whether I was the problem, and then argue with it for an hour.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…have it draft a resignation letter every Sunday for eight months. I never sent one.”Anonymous
“The strangest thing I've asked a bot to do is…ask it to keep talking after I fell asleep.”Anonymous