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'AI' becomes the era's default word for anything hollow, fake or robotic

Language Log, Sep 24 · read the original

Gen Alpha's sharpest insult for a person or product is now simply 'that's so AI,' alongside coinages like 'clanker' and 'bot-licker,' all describing something that looks technically right but has no one behind it.

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