Wired·4 min read·medium
More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’
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Emma Madden
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Writers are increasingly adopting an 'anti-AI' style, intentionally avoiding common patterns found in LLM-generated text such as em dashes and lists of three. This movement seeks to emphasize human idiosyncrasy and authentic voice in creative and professional writing.
She wrote sentences she doubts she would have attempted before the advent of LLMs, avoiding what she calls “wishy-washy metaphors,” and took “a more winding path to avoid an em dash or a tripartite list.”
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