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Uohna's avatar

Great article!

I think another telltale sign in AI writing is the use of the emdash. The emdash (—) tends to appear frequently in AI-generated text. This likely stems from training data, as some professional writers (fiction and non-fiction) are known for the liberal use of dashes. However (none of the other adverbial conjunctions fit...lol!), most casual human writing uses them sparingly. They simply (Grammarly suggested I remove 'simply' but I didn't) use hyphens (-), commas, or periods. When they do use emdashes, they frequently do so incorrectly or inconsistently.

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Michelle Kassorla's avatar

Actually, I figured out how to do it, and I do it all the time in my everyday writing. But our students probably haven’t taught themselves that for the most part.

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Theodore Whitfield's avatar

"A lot of the time we know what AI writing sounds like . . ."

I am deeply skeptical of this statement. Do you have any way to justify it, other than your own imagination?

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Charles Cœur de Lièvre's avatar

Lovely. See here for my own analysis of ChatGPT voice, especially the bottom of the page, where I show an example of the broader structure it often uses: https://ccp.cx/a/chatgpt-voice.htm

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Federico Nagy's avatar

I have always started my emails with "I hope this email finds you well,", before the advent of this wave of Gen AI.

I need to find a new opening now.

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