On em dashes and AI…

One trend that I’ve noticed lately is to accuse anyone who uses an em dash of employing AI. Now, obviously, if someone has never used em dashes before in their life, then this might seem suspicious, but I think people need to be careful before accusing others of using AI.

Moreover, let’s not forget why AI uses em dashes. AI uses em dashes because em dashes were employed in the data sets used to train AI in the first place. In other words, AI uses em dashes because a non-insignificant proportion ...