Does my writing sound like AI? Claude has thoughts
THE SO WHAT
Style tells like em-dash overuse are already being operationalized as heuristics for “AI or not” — that’s brittle, and it will misclassify both humans and machines. If your brand or compliance posture depends on provenance, invest in explicit disclosure and watermarking workflows rather than hoping detectors can read vibes from punctuation.
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