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 (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 | 2.51 | 1.16 | 0.22 | 0.34 |
| hn | 6.39 | — | 0.00 | |
| cooking | 0.00 | — | 1.08 | |
| parenting | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| 1.09 | — | — |
regex: \bworth (noting|mentioning|remembering|considering|asking)\b