Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham questions whether humans used the phrase "hits different" before AI models adopted it

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Paul Graham@paulg

People are taking this a bit literally (obviously someone must have) so I'll save us all some time and delete it.

Paul Graham@paulg

Did any human ever actually use the phrase "hits different" before AIs picked it up? And why do AIs like it so much?

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Raph. H.@Rapahelz

@paulg LLMs are fundamentally rooted in language. Therefore, like humans, every LLM has its own idiolect, a unique way of using words and structures.

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Justin / Bankrupt: Corporate Warfare@JustinAlexP

@paulg yeah people were saying that back when i was in high school (late 2010s)

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Bence Redmond@BenceRedmond

@paulg Before AI it used to hit different

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Travisse Hansen@TravisseHansen

@paulg kids used it all the time. its probably past its prime now but young family members of mine said it constantly the past couple of years

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bone@boneGPT

@paulg hits different is what drug users say when the new batch hits different

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halabi@halabi

@paulg this definitely predates AI

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Critter@CritterObserves

@paulg Yes Paul, with drugs.

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Johnny@satoshiswappin

@paulg Tell me you're a boomer without telling me

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Robert Nishihara@robertnishihara

@paulg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4yoKJL7IQ

Paul Graham@paulg

Did any human ever actually use the phrase "hits different" before AIs picked it up? And why do AIs like it so much?

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holyn@holyn

@paulg yep, grammy award winning singer and songwriter sza https://youtu.be/qJlMkMtK7-8

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Trevor@tr3v0r

@paulg Was very popular in the Bay Area mid 2010s

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Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi

@paulg yup was quite popular 5 years ago https://x.com/search?q=%22hits%20different%22&src=typed_query

Paul Graham@paulg

Did any human ever actually use the phrase "hits different" before AIs picked it up? And why do AIs like it so much?

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Govind Vashistha@vash_go2012

@paulg It’s the load-bearing phrase

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M.K. London@UsuallyInvited

@paulg I don’t know that I’ve had AI ever use the term “hits different” honestly.

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Bemused Panda@PandaBemused

@paulg The kids use it, everywhere. You haven't been online enough, lately :)

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alexrmead@alexrmead

@paulg I recall musician friends of mine saying that. 🤷‍♂️

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Leander@leanderriefel

@paulg I'm pretty sure they did

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Ivan • AI Entrepreneurship@IvanMontilla

@paulg You're absolutely right! —

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Jason@jasonhywang

@paulg We used to always say this in highschool, back in 2010s 😆

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