Sound Familiar?

Low hanging fruit. Circling back. Let’s take this offline. I don’t have the bandwidth to list all the various buzzwords and aphorisms that emerged in the early days of the internet business. Catchy phrases of the moment have probably always been a part of human communication trends. Until now, our clichés have come from a tendency to imitate each other. But these days, we’re imitating a machine. “Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including ‘delve’ and ‘meticulous,’ are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts.” Scientific American: ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation. Of course, ChatGPT developed its word patterns from imitating us. Now we’re imitating it. Then it will imitate us imitating it. It seems inevitable that we’re going to get down using to fewer and fewer words until we arrive at just one. My guess is that it will be Ugh.