How AI Writing Tools Made Em Dashes Suspect in Authentic Writing
By
Mikajis
Good intentions, undercooked execution. The bake is missing.
Summary
The author expresses frustration that em dashes, a punctuation mark they frequently use in personal and professional writing, have become associated with AI-generated content. Since ChatGPT and other AI writing tools commonly use em dashes, professors and content evaluators now flag writing containing them as potentially AI-generated. This has forced the author to avoid using em dashes altogether, fearing their authentic writing will be dismissed as "slop" or AI-generated content.
Key quotes
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Students are routinely caught with their pants down as professors flag an essay as AI-generated based on the presence of lists, positive-leaning prose, and em dashes.
Nowadays, I find myself avoiding em dashes because I'm afraid that my writing will be flagged as AI-generated and dismissed as slop.
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