| ▲ | jwr 5 hours ago |
| Why kill the em dashes? They are a legitimate mark — one that I have been using for years. On a Mac, you quickly get used to pressing shift-option-hyphen. Em dashes are typographically correct and should be used. |
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| ▲ | literalAardvark 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Because no one knows what those are, and they're a major indicator of AI writing. |
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| ▲ | vsl 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > they're a major indicator of AI writing. For the illiterate, sure. Where do you think LLMs picked them up from? | | |
| ▲ | literalAardvark 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Doesn't really matter does it? Most people use the - at most, or rephrase. One rarely if ever should write at a level that's above high school reading for day to day articles and tasks. I've written for a large computer magazine, you know what the target is? It's John: A 21yo man taking ~CS classes and with some disposable income. Not a lit major. John has no idea what that wide - is, doesn't care, and wouldn't understand fancy writing anyway. | | |
| ▲ | Lalabadie 4 minutes ago | parent [-] | | "I don't care therefore no one cares" is definitely how we've evolved as a species. |
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| ▲ | suburban_strike 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Medium.com |
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| ▲ | zarmin 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | you've never read a book, have you | | |
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| ▲ | ahmedfromtunis 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Or at least match the pre-llm human usage frequency. A total, artificial lack of em dashes can in itself be perceived as another sign of AI writing. |
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| ▲ | wolttam 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | “This person likes semi-colons a whole lot” I’ve already seen that trick snuck in by newer models. “I won’t use em-dashes; I’ll use semi-colons!” |
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| ▲ | LelouBil 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Honestly I don't see the em dash as for sure AI. It's just that it's often used in LLM tropes like the "it's not XXX — it's more" and other tagline-esque sentences. |
