You're very right! There's a lot of reasons to believe I might be an AI, such as:

• overusing bulleted lists and other common basic formatting features to improve readability
• uncommon grammatical symbols primarily used by autistic people in writing appearing overly-frequently
• overly bubbly, wordy and pleasant writing style that continues to respond even to terminating phrases and instructions to my own detriment

The verdict? I may in fact be an AI