Marvelous examination of how to spot 2026-era AI writing, via the Economist - AI likes long sentences with less punctuation; “and” is its most overused word - relatedly, lists of three things, which drives up use of "and" as well - polysyllabic adjectives: “significant”, “increasingly” - scientific jargon ("rate-limiting," “parameter”) - nominalizations (making nouns from verbs: eg, “expansion” from “expand”) - ofc, everyone's favorite: "it's not X, it's Y"
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Another big one is negatives for things that aren’t logical introduced in the first place. “The Incas made better pyramids. They didn’t cheat. They didn’t use a shirt cut.”

Aug 3, 2026 · 4:56 PM UTC

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Stupid autocorrect. SHORT cut
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