I don't get all this complaining, TBH. I have been blogging for over 25 years (20+ on the same site), been using em dashes ever since I switched to a Mac (and because the Markdown parser I use converts double dashes to it, which I quite like when I'm banging out text in vim), and have made it a point of running long-form posts through an LLM asking it to critique my text for readability because I have a tendency for very long sentences/passages.

AI is a tool to help you _finish_ stuff, like a wood sander. It's not something you should use as a hacksaw, or as a hammer. As long as you are writing with your own voice, it's just better autocorrect.

The problem is that a lot of people use it for a whole lot more than just polish. The LLM voice in a text get quite jarring very quickly.

The complaint is because people (marketers and people marketing themselves) are not using it that way, and instead are using it to generate low value blogspam.

100% agree. Using it to polish your sentences or fix small grammar/syntax issues is a great use case in my opinion. I specifically ask it not to completely rewrite or change my voice.

It can also double as a peer reviewer and point out potential counterarguments, so you can address them upfront.