Various LLM Smells

The author identifies recognizable stylistic patterns—called "AI smells"—that emerge consistently across LLM-generated content, including overuse of em-dashes, punchlines, short consecutive sentences, and specific structural formulas like "X is the Y of Z." These patterns have become so widespread that identical sentence structures now appear across the internet, and similar AI-generated aesthetics (specific fonts, button styles, card layouts) are replicated on websites, making AI assistance in creative work increasingly identifiable despite initial appearances of quality.