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I keep seeing a lot of advice for writers saying "don't use this, don't use that" because it will show up as AI written.
I hate it. It makes me worried. A lot of the "AI" traits in writing overlap with storytelling language. Spoken language.
When I write, as a storyteller, I use em dash when I would take a breath or a pause on stage, instead of finishing a thought. I use triple adjectives because in spoken word they add to the rhythm.
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I use "not only this - but also" for dramatic effect when I want to grab the audience's attention. The pause and the anticipation refocuses listeners.
I could go on, but you get the idea.
When I write, I like to bring the stories alive as if I'm telling them. A lot of storytellers do this in their books. And now people are like "don't do this if you don't want to be flagged as AI"???
We were here first, dammit.
Write authentically in your own voice, don't give a shit about what people think, and after a couple of years, some of the following will have happened:
* the major AI companies will run out of other people's money and stop offering free slop dispensers to everyone. AI writing will decline
* the tells of actual AI slop will be more widely known and random accusations will decline
* something else will be fashionable to advise people to avoid in writing: ignore that too.
@petealexharris @TarkabarkaHolgy
The running out bit is inevitable. It’s when rather than if https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116577436010138715
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