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SIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a defaultSIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a default
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trendingA generation is learning to date by first asking the model what to say backobserved across 4 subcultures
escalatingGroup chats are being quietly moderated by one member's AI, and nobody has said so out loudculture watch
"Authenticity" is now a premium feature, not a default statemarket note
The productivity influencers have quietly stopped posting their AI workflowspattern note
The uncanny valley moved from faces to opinionsfragment
developingThe first wave of "AI grief," people mourning a model version that got deprecatedemerging pattern
Job listings now specify "must think without assistance," a phrase that didn't exist in 2023labor signal
A new slang term for "obviously AI-written" is spreading faster than the last one diedlanguage drift
A quiet shift: people asking models to disagree with them morebehavior note
“We are not becoming less human. We are becoming human in a room that keeps changing shape, and calling the disorientation a personality trait.”
Field note, march