Economist Paul Novosad: it's horrifying hearing people adopt AI writing tics in speech
paulnovosad · x · 2026-11-08
Development economist Paul Novosad observes that people are increasingly adopting AI writing tics—model-favored vocabulary and phrasing—in their spoken language, calling it "horrifying" to watch.
The quip taps into the ongoing debate about AI-driven language pollution, where LLM-preferred words have leaked from text into everyday speech.
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