Replying to my own comment, I think the best tell that this is AI generated is the — character. There’s not even a key on the keyboard for that. Alt-0151 (on the keypad) is the only way I know how to get it. Aside from that, I pity the teacher who has to grade this type of slop. But then, I guess grading high-school essays has never been a highlight of the job.
its also on phone keyboards, at least on iphone, you can hold the dash key and select the long dash: —
same for the ellipsis, which a lot of people cite as a proof something was written with AI, but iphones (and other phones too, probably) insert them automatically when you type 3 dots…
My organic chemistry professor spent a solid 30 minutes explaining the difference between an em dash and an en dash so we could use them correctly in our lab reports. Then ended his little lecture with saying “They’re in the special character menu of your word processor. Unless you’re on Mac, then I suggest googling them.”
I don’t think any of us used either dash, but I’m just sad no one called him on his BS lol
Replying to my own comment, I think the best tell that this is AI generated is the — character. There’s not even a key on the keyboard for that. Alt-0151 (on the keypad) is the only way I know how to get it. Aside from that, I pity the teacher who has to grade this type of slop. But then, I guess grading high-school essays has never been a highlight of the job.
i think macos inserts those automatically if you do three dashes.
I’m sure word does the same.
its also on phone keyboards, at least on iphone, you can hold the dash key and select the long dash: —
same for the ellipsis, which a lot of people cite as a proof something was written with AI, but iphones (and other phones too, probably) insert them automatically when you type 3 dots…
There is a key for — on my phone. Just hold down the - key and it pops up as an option. I use it all the time.
FTFY
Bro caught me slippin’
My organic chemistry professor spent a solid 30 minutes explaining the difference between an em dash and an en dash so we could use them correctly in our lab reports. Then ended his little lecture with saying “They’re in the special character menu of your word processor. Unless you’re on Mac, then I suggest googling them.”
I don’t think any of us used either dash, but I’m just sad no one called him on his BS lol
On a Mac, you can do opt+hyphen or shift+opt+hyphen, for en dash or em dash respectively.
My laptop can do the — when I press AltGr and -
Then you must have a really crappy keyboard.