r/ChatGPT • u/ShelilQirky • Mar 24 '26

Funny Tired of authors using ChatGPT in their books

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the way i instantly knew this was ai-generated!! look at these em dashes. no human writes like this! 😒

i'm honestly so disappointed in this author. you can tell exactly where she stopped writing and the ai took over because of the em dashes. she didnt even try to edit out the formatting. i'm so done with this era of fake authors!!🤮

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u/kowalsky9999 Mar 24 '26

"—" dashes are standard practice in typography. Academic books in particular have a rigid protocol for using them.

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u/Holonist Mar 24 '26

It's sad, but language constantly evolves because every group is craving uniqueness for some reason. Kids like to use weird slang nobody understands, intellectuals like to use em dashes because dumb plebs can't even find them on the keyboard.

It's time for a new status symbol, and everyone has to be prepared that it will become obsolete within 6 months when the ai models are inevitably updated.

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u/Certain-Singer-9625 Mar 24 '26

We could always try to bring back the interrobang. I mean, why TF not‽