Shit, sometimes MS Word will autocorrect them in, and then I have to remove them just so it doesn’t look like AI.
But also people using the “This is AI” hand wave for things they don’t like. My sister in law is super guilty of this. I was showing my daughter some old-ass internet cartoons and my SIL was like “Ew you’re showing your daughter this AI slop?” and I’m like “This is a YouTube video of a flash cartoon from like 15+ years ago” and she’ll come back with “No, look at the animation, it’s all weird, it’s definitely AI” and it’s like “Yo… AI did not exist when this was made. It’s a jank ass flash video ported over to YouTube, that’s why it looks weird”
If you’re going to hate AI, at least be able to detect it.
Being accused of using ChatGPT for the crime of knowing how to properly use em dashes is far more infuriating.
I’m glad my go-to is semicolons. I hope that lasts
Shit, sometimes MS Word will autocorrect them in, and then I have to remove them just so it doesn’t look like AI.
But also people using the “This is AI” hand wave for things they don’t like. My sister in law is super guilty of this. I was showing my daughter some old-ass internet cartoons and my SIL was like “Ew you’re showing your daughter this AI slop?” and I’m like “This is a YouTube video of a flash cartoon from like 15+ years ago” and she’ll come back with “No, look at the animation, it’s all weird, it’s definitely AI” and it’s like “Yo… AI did not exist when this was made. It’s a jank ass flash video ported over to YouTube, that’s why it looks weird”
If you’re going to hate AI, at least be able to detect it.
I agree. People are so much worse at spotting AI than they think they are.
You left off the “-- and here’s why” at the end of your post. =P
Excellent observation; you are entirely correct — and here’s why: