So I can't use em dashes, without people thinking I am a bot? :-o. But have to say, the "modern twist" is a weird addition that is not natural. There is nothing modern about it.
> In April 2025, Rolling Stone reported on the growing perception that the em dash is a hallmark of AI-generated writing, particularly by ChatGPT. The article noted how this idea spread through social media, where users began referring to it as the "ChatGPT hyphen" and how these users advised avoiding it to appear more human.
>So I can't use em dashes, without people thinking I am a bot?
Those are just for ChatGPT specifically, personally I know a ton of peculiarities from a wide variety of models that seem eerily consistent across prompts. You're very unlikely to accidentally use them though, much like spamming em dashes everywhere.
Agreed. But for some reason, LLMs seem to use it more often and combined with other tell tale signs it becomes significantly less likely a human wrote it.
