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A Tip for Developing Your SpAIdey Sense

How to spot AI-generated writing without watermarks — or em dashes.

With all the talk about Anthropic’s new watermark, here’s a little experiment that may help you spot AI generated text without watermarks —* or even our beloved em dashes. Step 1. Go to YouTube. Step 2. Find one of those completely AI-produced videos. (You know, the ones that have turned one of the most prestigious brands on the internet into…

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A Dash of Salt

The Bastardization of Sweet Em

It happened last week. All the existential fears I’d been suppressing came crashing into my living room like an angry Kool-Aid man brimming with spoiled mayonnaise and panic.

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