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So I can't use em dashes, without people thinking I am a bot? :-o. But have to say, the "modern twist" is a weird addition that is not natural. There is nothing
by gbraad 1y ago
So I can't use em dashes, without people thinking I am a bot? :-o. But have to say, the "modern twist" is a weird addition that is not natural. There is nothing modern about it.
- jamesfinlayson 1y agoApparently not - a non-technical family member told me this exact thing on the weekend.
- patternuslki 1y ago>So I can't use em dashes, without people thinking I am a bot? Those are just for ChatGPT specifically, personally I know a ton of peculiarities from a wide variety of models that seem eerily consistent across prompts. You're very unlikely to accidentally use them though, much like spamming em dashes everywhere.
- averageRoyalty 1y agoAlso this style: "No libraries. No frameworks. Just raw code." You can use whatever you like, but if you quack like a duck, people might think you're a duck.
- magicalhippo 1y agoI've seen that style plenty before LLMs were a thing, frequently in the demoscene as well. So to me it seemed totally in character, so to speak. Here's one to me classic example[1]. [1]: https://youtu.be/RiHUKEEtzNE?t=120 https://youtu.be/RiHUKEEtzNE?t=120
- averageRoyalty 1y agoAgreed. But for some reason, LLMs seem to use it more often and combined with other tell tale signs it becomes significantly less likely a human wrote it.
- MaxBarraclough 1y agoPretty much. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Usage_in_AI-generated_text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Usage_in_AI-generated_tex... : > In April 2025, Rolling Stone reported on the growing perception that the em dash is a hallmark of AI-generated writing, particularly by ChatGPT. The article noted how this idea spread through social media, where users began referring to it as the "ChatGPT hyphen" and how these users advised avoiding it to appear more human.