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Well em dashes existed long before AI or computers. Many humans use them in writing, so it doesn't necessarily indicate AI was used.
This comment would have been great — had it not been for the lack of an em dash to create irony.
"Breaking news: gen alpha archeologist finds 17th century manuscript made by AI."
I’m 43 and em dashes were rare in random slack messages. Now they are — everywhere.
That is true but now you see them more often than before in writings of younger people.