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>Pure AI slop. Because the em-dashes? In a professionally typeset article, the presence of em-dashes isn't really suspicious because that's how they're suppose
by gruez 8mo ago
>Pure AI slop.
Because the em-dashes? In a professionally typeset article, the presence of em-dashes isn't really suspicious because that's how they're supposed to be used. AI learned to use em-dashes somehow, it's not like they invented the concept.
- userbinator 8mo ago"It's not just X, it's Y" is what caught my attention first. Then I noticed the em-dashes.
- smallerize 8mo agoThe Guardian printed the same quote without em-dashes, and with spaces around hyphens instead. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous... And in the next paragraph of the Arnika article, they have em-dashes surrounded by spaces, in contrast to the quotation which doesn't leave any space around them. It's not clear where the style choices were made in the quote.