TechCrunch: The 'It's Not Just This — It's That' Pattern Has Become a Near-Guarantee of AI-Generated Writing
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TechCrunch documents how the sentence construction 'It's not just X — it's Y' has become so ubiquitous in AI-generated text that it functions as a reliable stylistic fingerprint. Barron's analysis confirms the construction's statistical overrepresentation in LLM outputs vs. pre-2022 writing. The pattern appears in corporate communications, blog posts, and PR materials at rates that far exceed natural human usage.