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> This project is not just code — it's a response. Amid political pressure, some universities like Harvard, MIT, and CMU stood up for international students. >
by op00to 1y ago
> This project is not just code — it's a response. Amid political pressure, some universities like Harvard, MIT, and CMU stood up for international students.
> I’m just an ordinary undergraduate with no resources or background. This is my way of responding — not by petition, but through code. Vanta may be small, but it’s real, and it’s mine.
This comes off as super ChatGPT-y to me. "X is not y — it's Z! Preamble, passionate statement. Sycophantic encouraging statement — list, of, a, few, things, but also this. Summarize statement, but this other thing, and saying the same thing again but in a slightly different way."
I've given up on ChatGPT because of this style of writing.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- singiamtel 1y agoIt's the em dash that does it for me
- amingilani 1y agoFriendly reminder that em and en dashes were part of English well before ChatGPT was launched. Anecdotally, I’ve been using them forever and English isn’t even my native language.
- yen223 1y agoAlso, a lot of programs autocorrect dashes to em-dashes.
- qmr 1y agoI use em dashes, but always as two hyphens. I think this notion that em dash always means chatgpt is an overview correction.
- kstrauser 1y agoAIs learned that from humans because it's a normal, common bit of punctuation they see frequently. AIs also use the word "the" frequently.
- hhh 1y agoI have loved the em dash forever and i’m being punished for it now.
- lixiasky 1y agoTotally fair! I really appreciate the honesty. English isn't my native language, and most of the expressions I know come from TED talks, open source READMEs, and honestly... the kind of news clips our teachers play in class So yeah, that probably shaped the way I wrote this. You’re right though — reading it again, it does sound kinda overly polished. I’ll try to keep future writing more personal and grounded. Still learning — and thanks for reading it at all. That already means a lot!