# '"That's so AI": what Gen Alpha's favorite insult reveals about youth attitudes to tech'

The Guardian examines how "that's so AI" has become a popular put-down among Gen Alpha, used to label things lazy, fake, or soulless. The phrase reflects a generation growing up surrounded by generative AI and increasingly treating it as a marker of the inauthentic. It offers an early signal of how the youngest users may come to judge AI-made culture and content.

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- [The Guardian Health](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/24/thats-so-ai-what-gen-alphas-biggest-insult-tells-us) — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:07 GMT