Certainly AI editorialised. I wonder if this is because English isn’t their first language, and they are confidence compensating. I’ve worked with a lot of folks also from Philippines and the Tagalog/English mix leads to some confidence challenges sometimes.
Two human editors. I'm one of them and I absolutely do not use AI tools when I edit.
If you're going off the use of emdashes and endashes, I've been using them for over 25 years.
Recommend everyone take this test: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/09/business/ai-w...
You might be surprised…or you might not. I’ve found it’s a good barometer for whether you actually don’t like AI writing or you just don’t like bad AI writing.