Em Dash Is Fine – It Is AI That Sucks

Here is a dialog from the movie Office Space — and just to be clear; Michael Bolton in the movie are talking about Michael Bolton the singer. Michael Bolton: Yeah, well, at least your name isn’t Michael Bolton. Samir: You know, there’s nothing wrong with that name. Michael Bolton: There *was* nothing wrong with it… until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys. Samir: Hmm… well, why don’t you just go by Mike instead of Michael? Michael Bolton: No way! Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks. And this made me think about AI — and em dashes. I have been told that em dash is the hallmark of AI writing, and that seeing em dashes in a text is a sure sign that an AI was involved. But this is simply not true. Granted; AI do tend to use em dash and bullet points a lot, but that in itself proves nothing, although it can be an indication of AI writing. The interesting thing is that the people who look at em dash and think “this…