Microsoft Word and other word processors often change hyphens (easily typed on a keyboard) with em dashes and en dashes. It’s in the AutoCorrect settings.
So, ironically, it was our “use” of them over a long period of time that got LLMs to be so hyped on them
Microsoft Word and other word processors often change hyphens (easily typed on a keyboard) with em dashes and en dashes. It’s in the AutoCorrect settings.
So, ironically, it was our “use” of them over a long period of time that got LLMs to be so hyped on them
I don’t know that LLMs are ingesting all that many word documents; they probably got the em dashes from published books