But crucially they used "--" and not "—" which means they're safe. Unless it's learning. I may still be peeved that my beloved em dash has been tainted. :(

Of course they'll learn. LLM bots have been spotted on HN using that hipster all lower case style of writing.

i can write like this if i want. or if i were a clever ai bot.

No need to be clever, just add the instruction to write in that way.

I think that's the joke.

I found the key insight -- when a human tries to sound like an LLM, that's perceived by other humans as humor.

The issue is clear

Not sarcasm. Not cynism. Just pure humor.

Oh my God, this is peak GPT.

Never admit when someone else is right. They'll forget they were right and begin to think they won a fight.

Or something. You're right.