Comment by InsideOutSanta
5 days ago
Interestingly, we then collectively decided that, in many cases, imperfect artisanal things were better than perfect industrially produced things. So maybe people will start intentionally putting mistakes into their texts to prove they're not machines.
I'm already reluctant to use the em-dash correctly because so many people think only LLMs know how to use it.
It's not that I think only LLMs know em-dashes but they abuse it so much I get annoyed everytime I see one
LLMs seem to use them much more than normal people.
If I were a teacher marking homework, em-dashes would be at least an amber flag for LLM use.