Why the "It's not X, it's Y" AI tic backfires on its writers

Try to keep the idea of a white bear out of your head. Daniel Wegner's 1987 experiment is now showing up in a critique of one of the most recognizable AI writing tics, the LinkedIn-saturated "It's not X, it's Y," by University of Guelph linguistics scholar Joshua Gonzales, writing for The Conversation. — Read the rest The post Why the "It's not X, it's Y" AI tic backfires on its writers appeared first on Boing Boing.