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ChatGPT's latest stylistic quirk is sinister, infuriating – and absolutely everywhere
Once you start noticing “it’s not X, it’s Y” as you scroll online, you can’t fail to register it. I’ve become so hypervigilant that it has seeped into my subconscious thoughts
TL;DR
- The phrase "it's not X, it's Y" is identified as a common and insidious stylistic quirk of AI, especially ChatGPT.
- The author has become increasingly sensitive to this phrase, seeing it everywhere from social media to TV shows and even personal thoughts.
- This hypervigilance leads to suspicion that content is AI-generated rather than human-made.
- The author notes other AI linguistic patterns like vague intensifiers and excessive em-dashes.
- The author struggles to avoid using the phrase themselves to prove their human origin, reflecting the pervasiveness of AI's influence.
- The author anticipates AI's stylistic quirks will evolve, making detection more difficult in the future.