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As you can read at theamdash.com, the idea is that human writers should not use em dashes at all, but instead the “am dash” — a sort of elongated tilde, or a dash with one end turned up and the other turned down — to distinguish themselves from AI chatbots.
The dash for AI – Shady Characters Dick Margulis 2025
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Today, we launch the am dash: a brand new punctuation mark for those who still think before they type.
Introducing the am dash: Unmistakably human, unusable by AI. by Loz Maneschi on Muzli Loz Maneschi 2025
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