If a common AI tool produces latex documents, the association will be created yeah. Right now latex would be a high indicator of manual effort, right?
I don't think any particular word alone can be used as an indicator for LLM use, although certain formatting cues are good signals (dashes, smileys, response structure).
We were offended, but kept quiet to get the article accepted, and we changed some instances of some words to appease them (which thankfully worked). But the wrong accusation left a bit of a bad aftertaste...
...no?
Just one Google search for "latex editor" showed more than 2 in the first page.
It's not that different from using a markdown editor.