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[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Can't tell if serious because entering ( c ) without the spaces is (c) in Firefox and other browsers.

Is it because the other letters don't have brackets? I don't use AI to know if that is a thing.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago
[–] br3d@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's whatever browser or app you're using. It rendered as (c) for me... Bracket, c, bracket

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, parenthesis, and parenthesis, but yes

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Parentheses can also be called (round) brackets, especially in the UK

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

ah, TIL, thanks

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The em dash is a dead giveaway as well

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I try to use em dashes when I can, but I think they're used wrong in the comment above (IIRC they're not supposed to be surrounded by spaces, but I could be wrong). What tips me off is the unambiguously "LLM" narrative voice and structure ("let's break it down", followed by an ordered list). Not that a human can't type that, but sometimes it seems like ChatGPT is incapable of spitting out words in any other structure.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

You’re right, en dashes would have been fine there. Em dashes don’t get spaced—and have specific grammatical uses too.

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Y'all have got to stop this shit. Real people use real grammar.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use em dashes all the time, but I don’t put a space on either side—I feel like that’s not the correct way to use one. If it is, I don’t wanna be correct.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Heyo yee em—comrade

[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to use em dashes all the time and now I find myself rethinking my writing styles because of people like you and it’s obnoxious.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

AI has put me off writing lists.