people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now?
people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now?
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edit - honestly not a troll. is it the specific formatting of "em" dashes? i know for sure we use them all the time. or at least i do. but they're just dashes to me, so..
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Ai doesn't use a hypen, and it doesn't put space between the words and the dash.
For example, If I were using a dash - I'd use it like this.
Ai uses it—like this.
So, AI uses it correctly.
Yes, and people think that using it correctly is a sign of Ai now.
Holy crap, I've been an AI all this time!
Be cool, man, be cool--maybe they won't be able to tell...
They know! Cheese it!
Interesting. I use them like this — looks cleaner with spaces.
Have you considered using En dashes over Em? – vs —
That is – actually – correct German typography.
I may be using both unwittingly. Many programs on desktop autocomplete two dashes with a long dash (not sure which one) and on my mobile keyboard I use it reflexively and I think the easiest is the Em dash because I don't have to move my finger after the long press. It's such a small visual difference that I always forget which is which.
...microsoft applications have an annoying habit of auto-replacing my dashes with emdashes; i don't even know how to type an emdash...
I prefer En dash – which is used in German grammar with spacing. Which seems much more readable to me.
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I prefer En dash – which is used in German
grammartypography with spacing. Which seems much more readable to me.In English, en dashes are for ranges like between 2.5–7.5, or from Feb–July. Em dashes are to show connective thoughts, is it truly different in German or just your preference?
It's different in German.
We use En with spacing for thoughts, interruptions, and apparently can also be used for ranges (recommended by standards, but a popular spelling source has ranges without spacing, sometimes used with reduced spacing).
The AI models I’ve seen DO put spaces before and after the dash—that’s how I’ve been able to suss out LLM posts in the past. I never put spaces because it’s WRONG!