Phil 5.14.2026

It is cold again. I would like to lodge a complaint

Genre glitches and unexpected promotional phrases as a sign of AI writing

  • A genre glitch is a characteristic of LLM-assisted writing where the text suddenly switches genre, typically inserting a short promotional phrase full of sensory details into an informational text. Genre glitches occur when a word in the generated text is heavily associated with a genre or context that is markedly different to the overall genre or subject of the text, thus activating rhetorically inappropriate paths in the language model.

Tasks

  • Groceries
  • Finish rolling in Vanessa’s edits