Live Human Broadcasting Network Ch. 07 Paid Programming
Originally broadcast 2:47 AM

Actually
Human™

Robots think everything they make is brilliant. Robots are wrong.

A robot made you a thing. Is the thing any good? Nobody actually checked. So we get a real human to look at it and tell you the truth.

[ a human sighs at a desk ]

00:41:12 AH‑7

The robot marked its own homework: “A+! Great question!”

Marguerite · No. 07
Reads things for a living
A human looked. It needs work.
Vert. Hold
Tonight's segments · 5 of 5

Five things a robot can't check. It made them.

One real human looks at your thing. They put their name on the answer.

Segment 01 · The prose deskSev: varies

We read your words

“It sounds clever. But is it clever?”

Your robot wrote some words. They sound very confident. A human who actually knows the subject reads them and circles the wrong bits in red pen.

You receiveRed circles, and one sentence starting “so the problem is…”

Segment 02 · Tape reviewSev: high

We watch your video

“Six fingers. It is always six fingers.”

Robots make videos where hands have too many fingers and a chair turns into a different chair. We watch the whole thing. You did not watch the whole thing.

You receiveEvery weird bit, and the exact second it happens.

Segment 03 · The code boothSev: critical

We read your code

“It wrote the bug, then wrote a test saying the bug is fine.”

Your robot marked its own homework and gave itself an A. A human who has been woken at 3am by broken code reads it properly instead.

You receiveEvery scary bit, and how to fix it.

Segment 04 · Style deskSev: spiritual

We look at your art

“It is not broken. It is just… boring.”

It looks exactly like everything else the robots make. Someone with real taste will tell you why, out loud, and you will not enjoy it.

You receiveWhy it is boring, and three things that look better.

Segment 05 · The last wordSev: terminal

We judge your idea

“Please stop telling me it is a great idea.”

You asked a chatbot. It said “great idea!” It says that to everybody. Our human will say no, and then tell you exactly why.

You receiveA no, the reasons, and the one bit that might work.

How to order · four easy steps

How to get a human.

01

Send it

Send us the thing your robot made. Words, video, code, a picture. Anything.

02

We match it

We give it to a person who is properly good at that exact thing.

03

They look

They look at it slowly. People are slow. That is the whole point.

04

You get the truth

A real answer to “is this good?”, with a name on it. Usually: not yet.

Starring · tonight's inspectors

Real people. Not impressed.

Each one has a number, a job, and no trouble saying no to you.

No. 07
Not an actor

Marguerite D.

Reads your words

Reads words for a living. Once told a boss “that word does not mean that.” Out loud. In a meeting.

No. 14
Not an actor

Priya R.

Breaks your code

Woken at 3am by broken code. Twice. Same night. She trusts nothing now, including this website.

No. 22
Not an actor

Tomás L.

Judges your art

Went to art school. Has excellent taste. Will not be nice about yours.

No. 31
Not an actor

Dave

Kills your ideas

Dave has no degree. Dave has said “do not build that” 41 times. Dave was right 41 times.

Tonight's offer · act now

You pay for a person's time. That is the whole thing.

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  • One real person
  • Notes on what is wrong
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$1,200
Every month · 40 things

Forty things a month. Same person every time, so they learn your stuff and start caring about it.

  • Your own reviewer
  • Same day if it is scary
  • A report on what you keep getting wrong
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A human in the room

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2–5 days a week

A human sits with your team. They say “wait, no” out loud, before you ship the bad thing.

  • A human in the room
  • They are allowed to stop you
  • Everything written down
Talk to us

Real money. No tokens. No credits. No cheap price that quietly gets big in month four. People cost what people cost.

Real callers · not actors

People we said no to.

“They said our robot writing was rude to customers. We got cross. Then we read it again. They were right.”
VP Product Series B SaaS · ordered item 001
“Our robot gave the code an A. Priya found a security hole. We use both now.”
Engineering lead Fintech · on the retainer
“Dave said do not build it. We built it. Dave was right. We pay Dave more now.”
Founder Seed stage · ordered item 001
Viewer mail · your questions

Questions. And honest answers.

Can another robot check the first robot?

It will just agree. They both learned from the same internet. Two robots agreeing is not a second opinion. It is an echo.

Are people slow?

Very. A person takes forty minutes to do what a robot does in four seconds. That slowness is what you are paying for. It means somebody actually read it.

Do your people use robots?

They are allowed to. Mostly they do not, because they have read what robots write. A real person signs every answer, so a real person is on the hook.

What if I do not like the answer?

That happens a lot, and it is not a refund. You can ask a second person. The second person usually agrees with the first one. Sorry.

Are your people any good?

Send us one thing for $49 and find out. Judge our answer the same way we judge your robot: read it properly and decide.

HBN · Ch. 07 · Stand by

Back in a moment.

Do not adjust your telly. The problem is your robot.

● Operators are standing by

Get the answer you did not want.

Send us one thing your robot made. A real person will look at it and tell you the truth. You might get grumpy. But you won't ship the bad thing.

[ it rings twice. a human picks up. ]