“Navigating the Landscape” of Overused ChatGPT Buzzwords

Everyone seems to be “thrilled” these days. Many people write that “X plays a pivotal role in enhancing Y, promoting Z” or that we should “navigate the landscape of” something; that something “will not only do A, but also B”; or that research findings “underscore” or “highlight” something. I now read “foster”, “navigate,” and “leverage” in many documents. And a lot of things seem to be a “testament” to something. People ask us to “join them as they explore” something when they want to “share a milestone” with us or highlight their “New Paper Alert!” with lots of emoticons. They demonstrate that “by embracing A, they are doing B” and they share a lot of “significant insights” after they “dive deep” into something. All of these words, phrases, and sentence structures make sense, but I don’t think it makes sense that we all use the same writing style. Many of us have IKEA furniture in our homes – and try to make sure that other people do not immediately know that it is IKEA. Maybe the same should apply to ChatGPT. Shortly after this tool was released, I fell into some of these traps myself. However, ChatGPT has been around for more than two years now. We should have learned how to use it by now, shouldn’t we?