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I don’t understand how people think that the use of one textual sign could be indication for an AI text. I’m sorry people accused you of that. Em dashes are amazingly helpful for writing well structured texts and I’m happy to see someone uses them correctly! Most people don’t (and AI doesn’t either).
people don’t care about that structuring when writing emails or text messages so it’s a signifier of high-effort or formality and they’re harder to type unless you have the automatic override on double hyphens.
if someone is using emdashes outside of a textbook or institutional report it’s unusual and most people (including me) aren’t writing enthusiasts to pick up on weird grammar or style besides the obvious punctuation mark they usually don’t use.