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koavf@lemmy.mlM to Typography@lemmy.ml · 24 days ago

Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing?

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Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing?

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koavf@lemmy.mlM to Typography@lemmy.ml · 24 days ago
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'ChatGPT Hyphen': Are Em Dashes a Giveaway of AI Writing?
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Viral posts and clips on social media suggest the em dash is the product of AI chatbots, with some calling the punctuation mark a 'ChatGPT hyphen.'
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    24 days ago

    I use them fairly often—am I a bot? https://lemmy.ml/search?creatorId=1468481&q=—

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      I was going to say, Mac and iOS make it pretty easy to get to and it looks better than a regular dash in context. Then again, I’m one of the few people that I know that only writes in full punctuation at all times.

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        They’re also easy to enter with a compose key which should be part of any normal Unix-ish desktop setup.

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      Dude, same. I fucking love em- and en-dashes. I don’t usually use them from my phone, but definitely from a computer.

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