Em Dash Is Fine – It Is AI That Sucks

I feel this in my bones, as someone who has been using em dashes in their texts and writing before ChatGPT existed.

In the past year, I’ve had 3 or 4 times when someone has “called me out” for using AI when I’m just an em dash organically.There’s no discussion of what I wrote; just immediate anger.

It feels like giving in, but I might have to edit my writing style just because of the visceral reactions