active · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn, parenting
Hedging with vibes. Where a human states an opinion or a fact, models report an impression: “this feels like a step change”. Roughly 10× the human rate.
…has started to affect my motivation and feels like it's hindering my growth…
…a keyboard that feels like it could double as a paperweight…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-09-28 (run #15, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 2.09 | 4.21 | 0.12 | 0.28 |
| hn | 4.64 | — | 0.26 | |
| cooking | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 0.64 | — | 0.00 | |
| 1.17 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 2.79 | ×6.3 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 2.70 | ×7.5 vs humans |
| #4 | 2026-07-06 | 2.58 | ×7.3 vs humans |
| #5 | 2026-07-13 | 2.13 | ×3.4 vs humans |
| #6 | 2026-07-20 | 3.48 | ×16 vs humans |
| #7 | 2026-07-27 | 2.56 | ×22 vs humans |
| #8 | 2026-08-03 | 2.09 | ×8.4 vs humans |
| #9 | 2026-08-10 | 3.06 | ×12 vs humans |
| #10 | 2026-08-17 | 2.71 | ×12 vs humans |
| #11 | 2026-08-31 | 2.63 | ×11 vs humans |
| #12 | 2026-09-07 | 2.06 | ×2.8 vs humans |
| #13 | 2026-09-14 | 3.10 | ×9.1 vs humans |
| #14 | 2026-09-21 | 3.13 | ×27 vs humans |
| #15 | 2026-09-28 | 2.09 | ×17 vs humans |
regex: \b(this |it )?feels like\b