active · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn, cooking
The throat-clearing qualifier before a fact: “it's worth noting that…”. Models use “worth” itself at 13× the human rate.
…it's also worth noting that cooking high-quality meat requires a bit of care…
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 | 3.14 | 1.48 | 0.24 | 0.34 |
| hn | 6.31 | — | 0.51 | |
| cooking | 0.59 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 2.08 | — | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 2.51 | ×11 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 3.14 | ×13 vs humans |
regex: \bworth (noting|mentioning|remembering|considering|asking)\b