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[-] obelisk_complex@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You do understand that most people don't write for a living, and don't use the em-dash? You do understand that as a result the em-dash isn't part of normal human communication and so sticks out like a sore thumb when it does get used?

I'll also point out that I didn't accuse them of using AI to write this. I use AI myself, frequently. "It'll get you" also refers to what you're assuming (probably my fault, I'm sure I could have been clearer) happened here - if it's not AI, people will assume it is. Because it'll get you every fucking time.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Qasim Rashad is not most people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasim_Rashid

And if you didn’t mean to say they were using AI and were only commenting on how it might, that’s fair. But people need to understand it’s got a long history and is used by journalists.

[-] Yliaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I've literally been using em-dashes my entire life — long before genAI was even a thing.

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