'That's so AI': Gen Alpha's biggest insult reveals how teens view AI content
YeGoblynQueenne · hn · 2026-09-24
A Guardian piece reports that "That's so AI" has become Gen Alpha's go-to insult — a jab at anything generic, lazy, or soulless. The article argues this reflects how deeply AI has seeped into youth vocabulary, and that the younger generation's instinctive take on AI-generated content is dismissive: sounding "like AI" now means cheap, unoriginal, and insincere.
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