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0 pointsTerretta1mo ago0 comments

Look at the number of : per paragraph. What human puts two : in a single sentence?

"One additional failure worth noting: one incident response professional in the HN thread, raised a concern that operates independently of the bot problem: …"

The ersatz Ted Talk meets LinkedInfluencer rhythm of sentences, the throat clearing fillers as connective tissue…

Or Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

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mananaysiempre1mo ago

I do. I usually notice and try to rephrase, though.

(Also, you can pry my em dashes[1] from my cold, dead hands.)

[1] https://www.gally.net/miscellaneous/hn-em-dash-user-leaderbo... says mean 1.64, maximum 13 em dashes per pre-ChatGPT comment.

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