Amdash – Human only punctuation mark
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Amdash – Human only punctuation mark
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Re: Amdash – Human only punctuation mark
#2Interesting concept that attempts to solve a problem I wasn't aware of, AI's overuse of the Em-Dash. I'm curious about other markers to proof human authorship.
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#5I'm not sure what stops AI from using this punctuation mark. They don't seem to scruple from plagarism or copyright violation.
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#6It’s a rough time for those of us who have always used en- and em-dashes and who structure documents with bullet points.
I’m fortunate that writing comes easily and quickly, but these days probably most people who read my docs assume it’s AI. I can’t bring myself to abandon my beloved em-dashes though.
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#7I'm not sure what stops AI from using this punctuation mark. They don't seem to scruple from plagarism or copyright violation.
The theory is that it isn’t present in the corpus of training data, so AI won’t use it. Maybe sort of kind of true, but probably more performance art than actual proposal.
In the unlikely event there was uptake, websites would regex emdashes into amdashes to appear human, AI would train on that, and we’d be looking for a different secret signal.
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#8I'm not sure what stops AI from using this punctuation mark. They don't seem to scruple from plagarism or copyright violation.
This is not a technical solution to AI slop. It's an artistic expression of frustration with AI slop. The fact that it isn't a solution can be read as part of the artistic objection that there doesn't seem to be a solution to the problem.
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#9I'm not sure what stops AI from using this punctuation mark. They don't seem to scruple from plagarism or copyright violation.
I think it's because it's a font ligature rather than a code pointam-it wouldn't be readable to an AI.
Re: Amdash – Human only punctuation mark
#10There are two possible outcomes:
1. Nobody will use the Amdash
2. AIs will pick it up and learn to use it