The 'cataphoric teaser': the linguistic tell of AI text creating cheap suspense
sebpaquet · x · 2026-08-28
The annoying tell of AI text is called a 'cataphoric teaser'—a linguistic construction used to create a cheap feeling of suspense (e.g., 'Here's what most people get wrong'). This mirrors the clickbait of a decade ago ('Doctors hate this one weird trick').
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