'Provenance' as a ChatGPT tell — except in CS, where people really use it
emax · x · 2026-10-05
A viral observation claims "provenance" is a telltale ChatGPT/Codex word that scientists never use — but a CS researcher jokes back that computer scientists genuinely do use the term. A fun look at spotting AI-generated text via word choice, and its limits.
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