You literally can just long press the normal hyphen on the iOS keyboard, probably similar in Android
So, you saw an em dash in a sentence and immediately screamed “AI!”? Hold up. That long, dramatic line — yeah, that one — has been around way before ChatGPT slid into your DMs. Writers have been using em dashes for centuries to spice things up, create vibes, and break the rules in the coolest way possible.
Here’s the tea: the em dash is a tool, not a tell. Just because an AI uses it doesn’t mean it’s some secret signature. You know who else uses em dashes? Literally every author who’s ever wanted to sound clever, casual, or just a little chaotic.
So next time you spot an em dash, don’t panic. It’s punctuation, not a personality test.
I don’t care - stop using long dashes. It’s a useless character and the less you use it the easier it is to discern AI slop without even having to think. It’ll only be a year or two before ChatGPT stops using it, so don’t undermine a very cool and assuredly temporary useful discernment tool.
A normal length dash does everything you want. You know why nobody knows em-dash existed before? Because nobody ever noticed you using it and everyone reads it as a normal dash.
You can have your em-dash back in a couple years.
W—R—O—N—G
I like these normal length dashes you used