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title: Quoting @therealcornpop
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/22/therealcornpop/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-09-22T18:03:21Z
updated: 2026-09-22T18:03:21Z
first_seen: 2026-09-22T18:47:44.447844335Z
labels:
- ai
- ai-misuse
- tiktok
summary: 'Hey, you know it''s like super obvious if you''re using AI to write your scripts for TikTok and YouTube, right? [...] It''s not just the general AI-isms of "it''s not X, it''s Y", or the rule of three, or the really weird broken staccato-like way of writing where you just say a lot of things with all these punctuation marks. and it sounds really deep, but it''s not. It''s the lack of anything. It''s the lack of a definitive sort of spear of your voice. It''s the fact I can tell you don''t have opinions about the thing that you''re talking about. — @therealcornpop, on TikTok Tags: tiktok, ai, ai-misuse'
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> Hey, you know it's like super obvious if you're using AI to write your scripts for TikTok and YouTube, right? \[...\] It's not just the general AI-isms of "it's not X, it's Y", or the rule of three, or the really weird broken staccato-like way of writing where you just say a lot of things with all these punctuation marks. and it sounds really deep, but it's not.
>
> It's the lack of *anything*. It's the lack of a definitive sort of spear of your voice. It's the fact I can tell you don't have opinions about the thing that you're talking about.

— [@therealcornpop](https://www.tiktok.com/@therealcornpop/video/7687243097801051422), on TikTok