This is for their own good. Nobody cares about imperfect language online so long as you are trying to express real human thoughts. But if it smells like AI then everyone will hate it, rule or no rule.
The rule just makes the will of the community clear to those who want to respect it.
> Nobody cares about imperfect language online
lol
lmao, even
If I had a nickel for every time I've encountered someone who cared about imperfect language online, I'd have enough nickels to buy Y Combinator.