Well, em dashes are a standard punctuation mark used in English, and most rich-text input controls will automatically convert a double hyphen into a single em dash when typed.
The meme that's been going around that em dashes are an indicator of LLM output is completely invalid, and people who repeat it are really just outing themselves as the sort of people who don't actually read very much.
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Well, em dashes are a standard punctuation mark used in English, and most rich-text input controls will automatically convert a double hyphen into a single em dash when typed.
The meme that's been going around that em dashes are an indicator of LLM output is completely invalid, and people who repeat it are really just outing themselves as the sort of people who don't actually read very much.