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Maybe it's just the frequency illusion, but "X. Not Y." in particular is a pattern I strongly associate with LLM writing.

> That’s confabulation. Not a metaphor. The same phenomenon.

> Published. Replicated. Not fringe.

> Not to validate it. Not to refute it. Not to engage with its content at all.

There's a Wikipedia article with a nice list of LLM writing patterns:

This is what I always read before I prepare a critique about why this is an LLM writing.

It's the new age "Repost"

It’s absolutely a signal. As is the constant repeating of points. It’s AI slop for sure

Which is a shame coz the premise is interesting.