The Em Dash Conspiracy: More and More of Reddit Is from LLMs

Oh my. Although I understand, and I do truly, that the em dash might be a tell for LLMs...I have been using it for years, now, and the last time this came up on HN I understood exactly when: Mac OS makes it very easy to type the em dash. You just long press the regular -.<p>I don&#x27;t use a Mac anymore, but the first thing I&#x27;ll do on a Linux build is configure my modifier key in such a way to produce — easily.<p>Not to deny that discourse on the internet, and reddit of all places, might be getting infested with LLM output. I just don&#x27;t think focusing on the em dash is a good strategy to predict a tell.

For the record, I want it known that I am still human — I am in here.<p>—Chief One in Eight Billion

Is this em dash thing some kind of joke? Or have people not notice that software (eg, iPhone keyboards) automatically insert the dashes when you type two hyphens in a row? (To type `--` and not `—` I had to type `- -` and then delete the space.)

Go to the replacement AITA subreddit that went up after the blackout if you want to see an LLM conspiracy. Every top post is obviously fake ragebait.