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Slanguage: Why AI’s stylistic negation — ‘it’s not X, it’s Y’ — is both annoying and doesn’t work

Negation-based language is cognitively ineffective. And when amplified by AI-generated writing it distorts how people engage with ideas.

20.04.2026 9

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Joshua Gonzales

Slanguage: How the use of AI for apologies could cause the ‘Canadian Sorry’ to lose its soul

New research reveals that when we outsource the effort of finding the right words, we strip our relationships of their value.

21.01.2026 10

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Joshua Gonzales