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He added: “This isn’t simply a blurb of words and phrases. This is not just a stock statement from an LLM. This is a testament to outsourcing, laziness and the

He added: “This isn’t simply a blurb of words and phrases. This is not just a stock statement from an LLM. This is a testament to outsourcing, laziness and the unexpected ways technology finds ways to change every press release.”

mvkel 11mo ago
All it needed was the emdash
- ccppurcell 11mo ago
  Why this matters: <bullet point list>.
  - ares623 11mo ago
    And here's the kicker:
    - latentsea 11mo ago
      Here's why this works:
  - khazhoux 11mo ago
    With red X’s, green checkmarks, and bullseye icons for each bullet.
- imiric 11mo ago
  You're absolutely right!
- mjlee 11mo ago
  I've been pressing minus twice to type a dash on Mac OS for so long I've forgotten when I started. People are pointing it out to me more and more every day. I think my writing is distinct enough from an LLM for most people, but there's certainly a growing contingent that sees a telltale and assumes everything must be AI generated. Most (all?) keyboards I've used only have a combined hyphen‐minus key (-) which is distinct from a dash (—) and isn't quite a hyphen (‐), so I get why most people don't care. All font dependent as well to add to the fun, and my examples here render differently in the textbox and the comment!
  - plufz 11mo ago
    Yeah it actually saddens me a little, if using good and correct typography will be avoided because of LLM.
    - Xss3 11mo ago
      Em dashes are still appropriate for articles, journals, scientific papers, and other academic or professional writing. In social media comments they came across as pompous even before LLMs and werent particularly appropriate for casual comments. Though to be fair some people enjoy coming across as pompous and embrace the 'better than the peasants and their lowly minus sign use' attitude. Makes them feel special or as if their writing is markedly better than those without fancy punctuation. (It isnt). Also yes, im describing two writers i know that are adamant about the em dash being 'a sign of an intellectual wtiter'...they are insufferable pricks.
      - sgarland 11mo ago
        I use em dashes for the same reason that I use semicolons: it’s how I’m hearing the sentence in my head as I’m typing it. I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call a part of grammar pompous. It’d be analogous with me calling your post lazy due to its various typos — I’m not, I just found the comparison apt.
      - zetanor 11mo ago
        I would love to know what sequence of characters you normally use in place of an em-dash to express the same nuance of relationship and timing.
        aeonik 11mo ago
        Not the GP, but I often just use commas and parenthetical asides (like this). It's a different stylistic choice (em dashes are nice and all), but it's not how I think, and my writing reflects how I think. I also will often use the fabled semicolon. It's easy to use with contrasting statements, but that's not its only use; I can use them in some situations to elaborate where em dashes are used. I'm not saying they are a perfect replacement for em dashes (again, em dashes are cool), but it's just always been my personal style.
kineticdaffodil 11mo ago
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mvkel 11mo ago

All it needed was the emdash

ccppurcell 11mo ago
Why this matters: <bullet point list>.
- ares623 11mo ago
  And here's the kicker:
  - latentsea 11mo ago
    Here's why this works:
- khazhoux 11mo ago
  With red X’s, green checkmarks, and bullseye icons for each bullet.
imiric 11mo ago
You're absolutely right!
mjlee 11mo ago
I've been pressing minus twice to type a dash on Mac OS for so long I've forgotten when I started. People are pointing it out to me more and more every day. I think my writing is distinct enough from an LLM for most people, but there's certainly a growing contingent that sees a telltale and assumes everything must be AI generated. Most (all?) keyboards I've used only have a combined hyphen‐minus key (-) which is distinct from a dash (—) and isn't quite a hyphen (‐), so I get why most people don't care. All font dependent as well to add to the fun, and my examples here render differently in the textbox and the comment!
- plufz 11mo ago
  Yeah it actually saddens me a little, if using good and correct typography will be avoided because of LLM.
  - Xss3 11mo ago
    Em dashes are still appropriate for articles, journals, scientific papers, and other academic or professional writing. In social media comments they came across as pompous even before LLMs and werent particularly appropriate for casual comments. Though to be fair some people enjoy coming across as pompous and embrace the 'better than the peasants and their lowly minus sign use' attitude. Makes them feel special or as if their writing is markedly better than those without fancy punctuation. (It isnt). Also yes, im describing two writers i know that are adamant about the em dash being 'a sign of an intellectual wtiter'...they are insufferable pricks.
    - sgarland 11mo ago
      I use em dashes for the same reason that I use semicolons: it’s how I’m hearing the sentence in my head as I’m typing it. I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call a part of grammar pompous. It’d be analogous with me calling your post lazy due to its various typos — I’m not, I just found the comparison apt.
    - zetanor 11mo ago
      I would love to know what sequence of characters you normally use in place of an em-dash to express the same nuance of relationship and timing.
      - aeonik 11mo ago
        Not the GP, but I often just use commas and parenthetical asides (like this). It's a different stylistic choice (em dashes are nice and all), but it's not how I think, and my writing reflects how I think. I also will often use the fabled semicolon. It's easy to use with contrasting statements, but that's not its only use; I can use them in some situations to elaborate where em dashes are used. I'm not saying they are a perfect replacement for em dashes (again, em dashes are cool), but it's just always been my personal style.

kineticdaffodil 11mo ago

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