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Did you base the AI use on the emdash or is this an a common AI phrase (or both)?
by upmind 7mo ago
Did you base the AI use on the emdash or is this an a common AI phrase (or both)?
- iamacyborg 7mo ago“It’s not X, it’s Y” is an absolutely ubiquitous AI pattern. Throw in an em-dash and it’s basically ai;dr
- upmind 7mo agoThx!
- Retr0id 7mo agoIt's not just overused phrasing — it's the hallmark of LLM prose.
- BolsunBacset 7mo ago[dead]
- Starlevel004 7mo ago"Not just X -- it's Y" is one of the more irritatingly common signs, especially for sentences like that one which absolutely do not need it. The Wikipedia article on detecting AI writing is a big help if you need to calibrate your sensors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
- upmind 7mo agoI see, thx for the article too!
- upmind 7mo agoI think I'll actually post the article here, quite useful
- mock-possum 7mo agoYeah it’s basically the prose equivalent of getting too much radio play - hilarious how the breakthrough of LLM content has ‘ruined’ “it’s not X—it’s Y” for so many of us now Maybe, like overplayed pop songs, in 20 years or so we’ll come around to viewing the phrase fondly.
- TacticalCoder 7mo ago> "Not just X -- it's Y" is one of the more irritatingly common signs ... It's a bit of a "Karen AI" telltale sign. It's probably been trained on a lot of "I-know-it-all-Karen" posts and as a result we're bombarded with Karen-slop.
- wappieslurkz 7mo agoThanks for the Wikipedia tip.
- mostlysimilar 7mo agoIt's also just an utterly meaningless statement. Filler words with no value whatsoever.
- mh2266 7mo ago"Let's be honest" is another extremely strong tell.