If you call yourself a writer, having tell tale LLM signs is bad. But for people who's work doesn't involve having a personal voice in written language, it might help them getting them to express things in a better way than before.
Can we please stop propagating this accusation? Alright, sure, maybe LLMs overuse the em-dash, but it is a valid topographical mark which was in use way before LLMs and is even auto-inserted by default by popular software on popular operating systems—it is never sufficient on its own to identify LLM use (and yes, I just used it—multiple times—on purpose on 100% human-written text).
Sincerily,
Someone who enjoys and would like to be able to continue to use correct punctuation, but doesn’t judge those who don’t.
Yes it's not a guarantee but it is at least a very good signal that something was at least partially LLM written. It is also a very practical signal, there are a few other signs but none of them are this obvious.
I believe you. But also be aware of the Frequency Illusion. The fact that someone mentions that as an LLM signal also makes you see it more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
> Yes it's not a guarantee but it is at least a very good signal that something was at least partially LLM written.
Which is perfectly congruent with what I said with emphasis:
> it is never sufficient on its own to identify LLM use
I have no quarrel with using it as one signal. My beef is when it’s used as the principal or sole signal.