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'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us

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  1. add-sub-mul-div · · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder if they went straight to "AI" as an insult independently from the older generations, or if they were using "slop" like the rest of us but had to adopt a new insult because "slop" has been co-opted to refer to things that are terrible whether AI or not.
    1. contact9879 · · focus · HN ↗
      While slop seems to be the popular term online, I never hear it spoken aloud. With Gen Alpha’s exposure to AI mostly through school, spoken media (youtube, tv), and their parents, “AI” probably cropped up independently as an insult
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