> Where are all these verbal tics coming from and why is it so hard to get rid of them?

It’s a side effect of post-training for effectiveness and efficiency at technical tasks.

Over time the models learn to pack as much information as possible into their available context window, because that’s one way to increase the effective intelligence.

Humans do this too with industry jargon, dense tech-talk, etc.

We have a limited capacity so packing it densely maximises what we can do with it.

If you’ve ever heard a “non technical” manager complain about the terminology in an IT meeting — this is why.