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Do you think they used an em-dash in the opening sentence because they’re trying to normalise the AI’s writing style, or…
by reassess_blind 9mo ago
Do you think they used an em-dash in the opening sentence because they’re trying to normalise the AI’s writing style, or…
- reed1234 9mo agoProbably used their product to write it
- exyi 9mo ago... or they teached GPT to use em-dashes, because of their love for em-dashes :)
- torginus 9mo agoI haven't used MS Word in quite a while, but I distinctly remember it changed minus signs to em dashes.
- flumpcakes 9mo agoLaTeX made writing Em dashes very easy. To the point that I would use them all the times in my academic writing. It's a shame that perfectly good typography is now a sign of slop/fraud.
- jedberg 9mo ago> because they’re trying to normalise the AI’s writing style, AIs use em dashes because competent writers have been using em dashes for a long time. I really hate the fact that we assume em dash == AI written. I've had to stop using em dashes because of it.
- noname120 9mo agoLikewise, I’m now reluctant to use any em dashes these days because unenlightened people immediately assume that it’s AI. I used em dashes way before AI decided these were cool