From c40f38854346d15701573171624e6f185811403d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Herni Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 22:24:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] feat: add blog post "Thanks AI, You Ruined the Em Dash" --- .../thanks-ai-you-ruined-the-em-dash/index.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/static/blog/thanks-ai-you-ruined-the-em-dash/index.md diff --git a/src/static/blog/thanks-ai-you-ruined-the-em-dash/index.md b/src/static/blog/thanks-ai-you-ruined-the-em-dash/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec92a0a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/static/blog/thanks-ai-you-ruined-the-em-dash/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +title: Thanks AI, You Ruined the Em Dash +date: 2026-08-03 22:24:00 +tags: + - ai +--- + +An em dash is the long "—" punctuation character. And whenever an online post includes one, there's always someone who replies with "Em dash detected", implying the text was written by AI. + +I use AI every day. I don't mind anyone knowing that. But if I write something myself, I just don't want people to assume I pasted it from a generative AI response. + +Maybe I'm concerned that the mere suspicion becomes a distraction from the actual content. Or that it somehow invalidates the effort I put into writing it. I'm not exactly sure why I care. I just do. + +So now I've been avoiding the em dash in most of my writing. I guess we just use other punctuation instead. Or rewrite our sentences. All to avoid looking like AI. + +Which is kind of funny when you think about it. Humans are now changing the way they write, because they're afraid of sounding like software that learned how humans write.