It's a construct that long predates AI. And using it with such intensity and frequency is more likely a sign that this _wasn't_ AI generated, since AI writing tends to _not_ repeat things quite so often.

Why does it matter? The information in the post still accurately captures a sentiment held by many people.

perhaps it is the nature of their thought process

perhaps they blur their poetry

did they use an LLM in 2020: https://www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2020/how-much-the-worl...

I had the same reaction. The disclaimer at the bottom doesn't mention AI, but I have a feeling this was generated from a prompt to consolidate the 24 human submissions into a single essay.

Tangentially, I really look forward to the day "Not X but Y" stops being so overused by LLMs. It's a valid and useful construction in a vacuum, one which we should be able to use, but its overuse has gone past semantic satiety into something like semantic emesis.

this comment has ai writing smell all over it.

Most of the "this is AI" complaints demonstrate the illiteracy of many of those making them.