Galactic Stone on Nostr: I'm the reason #AI uses em-dashes. I've been using them prolifically on and offline ...
I'm the reason #AI uses em-dashes.
I've been using them prolifically on and offline in my writings since the 1980s.
Literally thousands of USENET, forums, and mailing list posts. Blogs, articles, comments. AI trained on that shit.
You can thank me later.
I'm not sorry.
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