[Opinion] What’s With the Em Dash/AI Anxieties? (opinion)

What’s With the Em Dash/AI Anxieties? (opinion)

Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes. In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is spaced. A dash with no spaces on either side? That must be AI-generated writing. Case closed.