The AI-ism "It's not X, it's Y" turn of phrase is now everywhere.
- The AI-ism "It's not X, it's Y" turn of phrase is now everywhere.
- It was always a powerful rhetorical trick, it's just most people hadn't noticed before.
- Framing things by what they aren't is a powerful, useful way of thinking clearly.
- But now it's kind of ruined by everyone knowing it's an AI tell.
- Before, good rhetoric often co-occurred with good thinking.
- But now LLMs allow applying good rhetoric to half-formed ideas, which makes signal of rhetoric quality less powerful.