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It's very stylistically visible. For example, it's covered in `it's not just X -- it's Y" phrasings that are default LLM house style.

The em-dash everywhere. The constant bullet-lists with bolded titles. The emoji-annotated asides for emphasis.

There is nothing wrong with em-dashes — they are awesome.

Definition lists are built into HTML.

Pull quotes have been a common style for at least thirty years.

I have no idea if the article was LLM-written or not. It didn’t have that smell for me, but perhaps I just missed it.