I also had that impression.

The headline worked for me, and then it sort of teased me along with details that ultimately ended without a conclusion and a feeling of "why did I just read this?"

Agreed. It could be some mix too (e.g. heavy LLM “assistance”). It’s sad that these days everything is suspect.

There's some parts that are definitely LLM assisted

I got that vibe as well.

I think so too

Sorry to note that - but I definitely wrote it myself. This is part of a series I am writing - I am trying to move from too much stale academic writing to more general writing, not easy after all these years.