active · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: cooking
Humans who cook say “cooking”. Models say “culinary”: “a strong culinary culture”, “culinary applications”. 26 occurrences vs 1 in matched human answers — register-elevation in one word.
…what they do have is a strong culinary culture built around meat handled and sourced for quality…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07 (run #2: 3 current + 3 vintage models, 3 matched registers, 1,392 samples)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 1.88 | 1.53 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| hn | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| cooking | 7.36 | — | 0.54 | |
| parenting | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | — | — |
literal: culinary