I would kindly suggest that reading is also an activity done for recreation/leisure, and thus aesthetics are an important part of what you write, if you want to get reader engagement. Thus, if a reader finds an AI-like style to be unappealing, then they don't really need any other reason to not engage with the piece, and it's on the writer to convince the reader to engage.

Point well taken.

Readers have to feel comfortable reading the article to engage with it, and if something feels artificial, overly optimized, or just "off," many people will disengage almost immediately (even if they cannot fully explain why).

That is actually part of what I was trying to explore in the article itself.

I do need to do a better job of this. Thanks for your feedback.