The AI Purple Problem

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Syntax looks at why AI-generated websites so often end up with a purple or blue-purple gradient look. The video treats it as a visible tell of AI-made design and discusses what causes the default.

HN people cite it as the explanation for why a blue-purple gradient has become a giveaway of AI-generated design.

“The blue-purple gradient alone is a dead giveaway”

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