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   ChatGPT has hijacked our real world conversations   
      
   Date:   
   Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:35:29 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Researchers have discovered that ChatGPTs distinctive vocabulary is seeping   
   into spontaneous human speech.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   There's a lot of concern that people are using AI to mimic human speech and   
   writing, but a new study from Florida State University has found there's a   
   change in the other direction. Turns out people are using words common to AI   
   chatbots more often in casual conversation. Terms like garner, delve,   
   intricate, and underscore are popping up like the latest sitcom catchphrase   
   thanks to ChatGPT and its compatriots.    
      
   The study showed that AI is shaping how we talk, if not the topics    
   themselves. How we form sentences, choose words, and try to be formal are all   
   affected since ChatGPTs release in 2022. Words AI chatbots might overuse,   
   their signature style, are becoming a staple of human conversation, at least   
   when talking about science and technology.    
      
   The researchers analyzed over 22 million words of unscripted speech from   
   science and tech podcasts, ones built around impromptu discussion using   
   informal, natural language. ChatGPT's favorite words are now prevalent in   
   discussions, far more so than before its debut. To be fair, many of the words   
   connote formal and technical value and are the basic vernacular in certain   
   contexts. Nonetheless, no one was saying meticulous, strategically, surpass,   
   or boast on these podcasts nearly as much as they have been in the last three   
   years.    
      
   Notably, simpler synonyms aren't coming up as much. The researchers found it   
   much more likely that someone would say underscore, not accentuate, or delve,   
   but not explore. People are absorbing specific stylistic tics from   
   AI-generated text, it seems. It's a bit like when a kid starts using a term   
   they hear someone they admire use a lot, only in this case, it's adults   
   imitating a language model trained on billions of words. And it's not the    
   only evidence that it's happening. A recent study found the same thing   
   happening among academics.   
      
   AI thesaurus    
      
   That might sound like a harmless side effect of the digital age, but there's    
   a worrying potential consequence because of the possibility of a feedback   
   loop. The researchers suggest AI might be speeding up linguistic evolution,   
   but they admit it might actually change how we speak in a way that never    
   would have happened without the influence of AI chatbots.    
      
   This isnt the first time language has shifted under technological pressure.   
   Texting introduced abbreviations and emojis. Social media gave us hashtags,   
   reaction gifs, and plenty of slang inscrutable to people not in their teens.   
   But, this could be a bigger deal, and not in a good way. The issue is that   
   these phrases don't just add to how we speak, they replace more freewheeling,   
   evocative vocabulary and make everyone sound like the same bland digital   
   assistant.    
      
   It's not a language apocalypse right now by any means. Saying something is   
   cool instead of compelling won't confuse most people. But the future of how    
   we think will be affected by how we speak, and the way AI phrases things    
   might affect how we frame ideas and make decisions, in ways we would not   
   appreciate. The researchers will have to delve into more studies and see   
   whether the garnered results underscore the initial answers.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-has-hijacked   
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