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 2026-07-02 (run #3, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 11.97 | 6.56 | 7.09 | 4.40 |
| hn | 8.22 | — | 9.70 | |
| cooking | 15.23 | — | 7.02 | |
| parenting | 17.56 | — | 3.13 | |
| 2.31 | — | — |
| 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 |
literal: a few