[cwnyth]

A lot of obvious LLM speech is obvious, but please spare us academics and former academics who learned how to use an em- and en-dash properly. Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference. I recently had someone claim my company's website, which is virtually unchanged since 2020, was "obviously AI." Yeah, kid, except you can go on Internet Archive and see it before ChatGPT was dropped.

But it doesn't matter. It's just playing chess with pigeons at that point.

[gizmo385]

I share your sentiment of not being overly judgmental when you see an en/em dash but this feels overly reductive and hostile:

> Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference.

There are legitimate differences in writing styles between age groups and cultures and being overly prescriptive in what is “right” vs “wrong” doesn’t help your argument IMO

[cwnyth]

I think you are misconstruing what I said. I'm not talking about other cultures, I'm talking about the youth who turn in essays that mimic their texting style. I should know: I spent years grading their essays and helping them fashion a more professional writing style.

[fc417fc802]

It's true that there are differences but I think it's simultaneously the case that the practice in any form is on the decline at the population level. No idea what the expected endpoint might be though.