That’s kinda how I took it. Be funny if language evolved back into flowery Victorian speech.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So perversely chatbots are increasing people’s vocabulary because people read so few books anymore and most of their word usage comes from what they read online?
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
oppy1984@lemdro.id 4 days ago
Indeed good sir, that would be quite comical.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
It’s not flowery though, just bland.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Most likely, yeah.
TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
What’s more than that, chatbots use those words because writers use those words. That’s journalist vocab. And bots were trained on articles and written speech. I think you’re right, people just weren’t reading anything.