Generative AI and the War on Writing

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Listen up, writers: No more em-dashes. Why? Because the internet said only ChatGPT uses them—the ChatGPT hyphen, as it's now called—and you don't want to be accused of using generative AI, do you? (Uh oh, looks like I'm guilty.) As much as I wish there was a single indicator that a piece of writing is AI generated, it's just not that simple. So today, let's dive into where the em-dash myth started, why it's bogus, and all of its concerning implications. And maybe, just maybe, we'll come a little closer to a solution. 00:00 Intro 05:32 A Lesson on Dashes 10:08 Testing AI Chatbots 14:18 Testing AI Detectors 17:11 Illiteracy 19:28 Misunderstanding AI 22:46 A Culture of Suspicion 25:50 Caving to the Machine 31:42 In Conclusion 🤓SOURCES🤓 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65855333 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-personal-information-is-probably-being-used-to-train-generative-ai-models/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use https://www.indy100.com/news/em-dash-symbol-chatgpt-debate 📱SOCIALS📱 https://goodreads.com/thoughtcouture https://bsky.app/profile/thoughtcouture.bsky.social https://instagram.com/thoughtcouture.reads (personal/reading diary) . . . . . . . #videoessay #chatgpt #aiwriting #generativeai #booktube #writing #writingcommunity #commentary #writingskills #artificialintelligence #grammartips #booktube #bookish #literature #booktalk #journalism #machinelearning