Preserving Human Idiosyncrasy: Generative Learning in the Age of Generative AI

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A quiet shift is happening in how we speak and write, and most of us don’t even notice it. Words like “delve,” “underscore,” and “realm” are suddenly everywhere in academic writing and speech. “ You sound like ChatGPT,” before you started to notice.

For example, Kobak et al. (2024) analyzed over 14 million PubMed abstracts from 2010-2024 and found certain words showed abrupt frequency increases following the release of ChatGPT. A more recent analysis of 280,000 YouTube videos showed a similar shift to reflect the AI’s flavor (Yakura et al., 2025).

Agency on Bodong Chen

Preserving Human Idiosyncrasy: Generative Learning in the Age of Generative AI