A growing number of readers immediately suspect AI whenever they encounter an em-dash these days. Is the semicolon next for such scrutiny? The post Semicolon Suspicion? Is It Next to Become an AI Marker? appeared first on Patrick’s Place.
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Semicolon Suspicion? Is It Next to Become an AI Marker?

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A growing number of readers immediately suspect AI whenever they encounter an em-dash these days. Is the semicolon next for such scrutiny?

The post Semicolon Suspicion? Is It Next to Become an AI Marker? appeared first on Patrick’s Place.

     
 
 

How Good is AI Detection at Detecting the Use of AI?

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Substack is adding AI detection software to subscribers can scan newsletters produced on the platform to see how much of it AI actually wrote.

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There’s an Emmy Oversight in TV News

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Some of us in TV will have almost no chance of winning an Emmy award. But I still think it's odd that the Emmy oversight still exists.

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‘Bemused’ Probably Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

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If you describe someone's reaction to something as 'bemused,' you may mean she felt mildly entertained. But that's not what the word means.

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Is AI Causing an Automatic Fear of the Em Dash?

A keyboard button showing a hyphen and underscore (for reference to an em-dash)

As a writer, I don't fear the em-dash. There. I said it. But a growing number of people see it as a telltale sign of AI-assisted writing.

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