“It’s Not Just a Trend — It’s a Phenomenon”: AI-Signifying Sentence Structure in Corporate Documents Doubled From 2024 to 2025
graph by Shaina Mishkin; slow reveal by Jenna Laib
Type of Graph: bar graph
Purpose
This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slide deck invite learners to examine trends, estimate values, describe relationships between bars with multiplicative comparisons, and discuss the implications. There are connections to usage of generative AI (genAI) like ChatGPT.
This graph shows the usage of a rhetorical structure called negative parallelism in corporate documents. You might think of this structure as “it’s not x, it’s y,” pairing a negative statement with an affirmative one.
About This Graph
This visualization is not provided for reuse or redistribution. Readers and educators are encouraged to view the original visualization in its published context.
Original Visualization:
Mishkin, Shaina. “AI is Changing How Companies Talk to Shareholders. Here is the Red Flag for Readers.” Barron: April 14, 2026.
Accessed at: https://www.barrons.com/articles/ai-corporate-communications-shareholders-red-flag-63211618
Data Sources:
Corporate documents, accessed at Alpha Sense
processed by Shaina Mishkin
In The Classroom
There are many different mathematical connections that can be made to this data and data visualization.
Potential Math Content: bar graph, estimating values, multiplicative comparisons, comparing values, interpreting trends
Potential Content Connections: technology, AI, genAI, businesses, corporations
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