"Epistemic" is suddenly everywhere — one researcher suspects LLMs popularized it
jmugan · x · 2026-11-05
jmugan observes that everyone suddenly seems to be using the word "epistemic" and suspects LLMs are the source — a light but interesting observation that AI output may be reshaping human vocabulary.
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