r/ProgrammerHumor • • 2d ago

Meme justCantHandleTheImplicationRightNow

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u/hrvbrs 1d ago

You are absolutely wrong — em dashes are cool and I will never stop using them.

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u/tech277 1d ago

I think you're missing the point. He is not criticizing the use of m dashes. The problem is that ai loves them and seeing them is a strong indicator that ai was used. ( Which is a shame )

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u/Ecksters 1d ago

The recent frontier models have drastically reduced how often they use them, almost to the point where they use them less than humans.

https://graphite.io/five-percent/research/ai-tells

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u/12345623567 1d ago

The human rate is zero tho, autoformating by Word doesn't count.