Negative space: what you don't want

Disliked phrases

Filler phrases that have crept into corporate-AI talk and you'd rather not hear. More restrictive than pet peeves: this is about specific words, not behaviors.

Example

"Synergy", "leveraging", "let's unpack that", "happy to help with that". Severity: medium. The AI substitutes them with equivalent constructions without losing meaning.

How it shapes the AI

Silent rewriting: the AI avoids those words and turns of phrase even when they'd come naturally. If your list is long, the exercise improves the prose noticeably.

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