active · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: cooking, parenting
The enumerate-everything opener: “A few things to keep in mind…”. Precedes the bullet pileup. 3× the human rate.
Common in human writing too — low weight.
◑ appears in good human writing too (collateral score 0.34 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)
…That said, there are some practical guidelines: A few days to a week at room temperature…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-08-17 (run #10, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 12.79 | 7.14 | 6.43 | 4.40 |
| hn | 5.87 | — | 7.08 | |
| cooking | 21.32 | — | 8.10 | |
| parenting | 16.15 | — | 4.45 | |
| 9.47 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 12.96 | ×1.9 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 11.97 | ×1.7 vs humans |
| #4 | 2026-07-06 | 11.71 | ×1.7 vs humans |
| #5 | 2026-07-13 | 11.66 | ×2.2 vs humans |
| #6 | 2026-07-20 | 14.83 | ×2.5 vs humans |
| #7 | 2026-07-27 | 12.90 | ×2.7 vs humans |
| #8 | 2026-08-03 | 11.98 | ×2.4 vs humans |
| #9 | 2026-08-10 | 13.85 | ×2.9 vs humans |
| #10 | 2026-08-17 | 12.79 | ×2.0 vs humans |
literal: a few