Generation Alpha's New Insult: That's So AI

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

Generation Alpha has coined a new slang term by adapting the low-quality and unconvincing aspects of artificial intelligence into everyday life.

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‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us

Spreading among Generation Alpha children, the phrase "That's so AI!" has transformed into a new form of insult used for situations that are of poor quality, hard to believe, or fake.

The New Meaning of Artificial Intelligence

Frequently heard in elementary schools, this new expression does not directly describe objects produced by artificial intelligence tools, but rather qualifies situations generally found to be suspicious and worthless.

Areas of Use in Everyday Life

Children adapt the superficially convincing yet fundamentally cheap and suspicious qualities of AI products to many different situations, such as counterfeit goods and parental excuses.