The middot is becoming the new em dash of AI-generated text tells
iannuttall · x · 2026-09-29
Ian Nuttall quips that the middot (·) is now the new em dash of "AI smells" — following the em dash, long treated as a stylistic fingerprint of AI-generated writing, the middot is emerging as the next tell readers use to spot AI-produced text.
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