No, lots of people who read a lot used em-dashes.
Also, lots of people who use Macs, because it's very easy to type on a Mac (shift-option-hyphen).
The reason LLMs use em-dashes is because they're well-represented in the training corpus.
Also, lots of people who use Macs, because it's very easy to type on a Mac (shift-option-hyphen).
The reason LLMs use em-dashes is because they're well-represented in the training corpus.
The article has on average, about one em dash per paragraph. And “paragraph” is generous given they’re 2-3 sentences in this article.
I read a lot, and I don’t recall any authors I’ve personally read using an em dash so frequently. There would be like 3 per page in the average book if human writers used them like GPT does.