Post #44722
2025-12-09 08:56 UTC
Replies (4)
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@dukemirage@lemmy.world 2025-12-09 09:18
While the post might of course be generated, it’s a bit stupid that the use of dashes has become something of a (useless) shibboleth. It’s a valid typographical feature with distinct use cases and has been used for centuries. It’s fallen out of style lately, but it’s usage is quite in character for a 84 yo intellectual. The quote marks are also not weird, and if the post would have used bullet points instead of paragraphs for structure, you’d probably would have mentioned that, too.
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@nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 2025-12-09 09:21
Em dashes, weird quote marks are always a giveaway In a random comment or blog? Sure. In a professionally proofread document? No, adding those might as well be part of the job description. After all, the LLMs picked also have to have picked that behaviour up from somewhere. Anyway, OP should have included the source, but it can be found pretty easily: bsky.app/profile/…/3m7izwntr322z
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@sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2025-12-09 10:10
I use em dashes all the time and I’m a real person, at least last time I checked.
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@sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 2025-12-09 12:10
theyre not always a giveaway. llm’s are trained to use them because their use by humans has been so common. recently ive curtailed my use of them so I dont get mistaken for an llm, but Im not normal and an 80 year old guy isnt gonna change how we writes so some person on the internet doesnt think he used chat gpt to write a tweet