I am most likely unable to spot all AI-generated articles, but when I start noticing that a typical AI giveaway appears so many times, it bothers me. In the same way as that I probably couldn’t spot all the English language errors, but when there are so many that I start noticing them, it becomes annoying and it undermines the credibility of the author. Especially given the fact that this article doesn’t cite any sources.
It’s an interesting subject, so I was dissapointed when it became clear that this text is written by AI. AI uses the following structure very often: “It’s not X, it’s Y”, so the list below tells me it’s AI beyond doubt.
I.
This is not speculation. This is not inference from supply chain tightness or price movements or anecdotal reports from frustrated procurement officers. This is the documented operational reality of…
This is not an analysis of a commodity market experiencing temporary tightness. This is a reconnaissance report from the front lines of a new form of economic warfare
This is not the blunt instrument of a traditional export ban. This is a scalpel.
The pattern suggests not reactive retaliation but proactive strategy.
The restrictions announced in 2023, 2024, and 2025 are not isolated policy responses to specific trade disputes. They are nodes in an integrated campaign
Tungsten is not the final escalation. It is another proof of concept.
The question for Western policymakers and corporate strategists and institutional investors is not whether to take this seriously (…) The question is what to do about it
II.
This is not marketing rhetoric from mining promoters or special pleading from industry lobbyists. This is physics.
These properties are not arbitrary. They emerge from tungsten’s electronic structure
This is not an abstract supply chain concern. This is industrial capacity disappearing in real time
III.
(Anything further is for paid subscribers.)
The machines fire lasers at molten tin 50,000 times per second, generating plasma at 200,000 degrees Celsius.
It’s incomprehensible to me how humans ever invented something like this.
Modern Monetary Theory, this is a decent explanation about what it is.