Here's what's actually happening when ChatGPT produces that generic, committee-approved output:
AI creates convergent content by default. It averages patterns from billions of words. The result is competent, coherent, and completely forgettable—a statistical composite stripped of anything distinctive.
This isn't a bug. It's the architecture working as designed.
The opportunity? While everyone else accepts the average, you can train AI on YOUR patterns and produce divergent content that stands out.
Quick poll: When you read AI-generated content in the wild, can you usually tell?