hey, not accusing you of anything (bad assumptions don't lead to a conducive conversation) but did you use AI to write or assist with this comment?
this is totally out of my own self-interest, no problems with its content
this is totally out of my own self-interest, no problems with its content
I'm imagining a sort of Logan's Run-like scifi setup where only people with a documented em dash before November 30, 2022, i.e. D(ash)-day, are left with permission to write.
At least Robespierre needed two sentences before condemning a man. Now the mob is lynching people on the basis of a single glyph.
I have actually been deliberately modifying my long-time writing style and use of punctuation to look less like an LLM. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
But now, likewise, having to bail on emdashes. My last differentiator is that I always close set the emdash—no spaces on either side, whereas ChatGPT typically opens them (AP Style).
Russians use this for at least 15 years
But anyway, it’s option-hyphen for a en-dash and opt-shift-hyphen for the em-dash.
I also just stopped using them a couple years ago when the meme about AI using them picked up steam.
also your question implies a bad assumption even if you disclaim it. if you don't want to imply a bad assumption the way to do that is to not say the words, not disclaim them
“NO EM DASHES” is common system prompt behavior.
as for the "assumption" bit, yeah fair enough. was just curious of AI usage online, this wasn't meant to be a dig at anyone as i know people use it for translations, cleaning up prose etc