HPR4722: Show and tell: AI tropes
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HPR4722: Show and tell: AI tropes

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 8, 2026
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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Obviously, I'll need to introduce why I'm the best person to explain this concept and how I did my research. After that, I dive into the core of he episode: the research. The Ultimate Guide To Spotting AI Generated Text That Every Writer Needs To Read. That title already has two tells: Title case : every word capitalised, which conveniently cannot be read out loud Hyperbole : a promise of ultimacy, for a ten minute podcast For most of...

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I did a stupid thing this month.

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Birput is a Dutch word, I think.

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This is Hacker Public Radio Episode 4722, for Tuesday 8th of September 2026. Today's show is entitled, Show and Tell, AI Tropes. It is part of the series The Art of Writing. It is hosted by Trollercoster, and is about 20 minutes long.

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It carries an explicit flag. The summary is, TrollrCoaster performs telltale signs of AI-generated text, out loud, so listeners can recognize. I did a stupid thing this month.

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I went down into the Birput of artificial intelligence. Birput is a Dutch word, I think. The English word is cesspit. I climbed in, I had a look around, I came back up, and I am here to report what it smells

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