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Why the "It's not X, it's Y" AI tic backfires on its writers
May 5, 2026
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Try to keep the idea of a white bear out of your head. Daniel Wegner's 1987 experiment is now showing up in a critique of one of the most recognizable AI writing tics, the LinkedIn-saturated It's not X, it's Y, by University of Guelph linguistics scholar Joshua Gonzales, writing for The Conversation. — Read the rest The post Why the It's not X, it's Y AI tic backfires on its writers appeared first on Boing Boing.

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