active · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn
Sincerity as an intensifier: “genuinely impressive”, “genuinely curious”. 48 occurrences vs 1 in matched human text — near-categorical.
…that satisfying "thock" with each press is genuinely addictive…
…I'm genuinely excited for you to explore it…
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 | 5.51 | 3.37 | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| hn | 8.77 | — | 0.24 | |
| cooking | 0.85 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 4.67 | — | 0.34 | |
| 4.35 | — | — |
literal: genuinely