The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn't He?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opinion/pope-leo-encyclical-ai.html

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saltyoldmanMay 27, 2026, 4:21 AM
— emdashes all over this article
JtsummersMay 27, 2026, 4:50 AM
> — emdashes all over this article

They're used 4 times (6 instances of an em dash, but it's two uses of a single em dash and two uses with paired em dashes) in the article over 16 paragraphs. That's not really "all over" unless 4 is a big number for you. What's with these kind of comments, any one who reads the article could tell that what you wrote is nonsense so why make up bullshit like this?

TomteMay 27, 2026, 5:12 AM
The NYT has always used the em dash.

This is a style article about it, from 2019, long before ChatGPT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/style/em-dash-punctuation...

JtsummersMay 27, 2026, 5:15 AM
I'm aware, I'm just trying to get OP to explain why they're lying, though. 6 em dashes over the course of this article is not a lot of em dashes. It's a bullshit claim and they know it, so what's the point of making it?
saltyoldmanMay 27, 2026, 5:12 AM
An article against AI but is written by AI.
JtsummersMay 27, 2026, 5:14 AM
Again, your original claim is demonstrably false. 6 em dashes, 4 uses, in a 16 paragraph article is not "all over the place". Why make up bullshit like this?
saltyoldmanMay 27, 2026, 5:47 AM
It's a lot. I'm not lying. Stop accusing me of lying.