Shardul Gupta

Explorer | Problem-solver | Human nature observer | I write about self-improvement and navigating the business world.

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Why do AI tools (especially ChatGPT) use so many em dashes?

A short thread🧵

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Willpower is a finite source that should only be used to lube your engine, not run it.

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I just published:

The Ultimate Guide to AI Prompting (Part 02)

https://t.co/jjbYTmu57L

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Fun is such an underrated motivating factor istg

Online hustle culture gurus told you that you have to be miserable and emotionless in order to become successful.

But real work (and it's eventual success) comes often from just having fun while doing the work.

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I just published:

The ultimate guide to AI prompting (Part 01)

This is the first in a 3-part series on the core concepts that you should know to prompt way better and get actual results.

https://t.co/w83HC7NTWi

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This line has stuck with me ever since I heard it the first time:

"B2B doesn't exist, only P2P (person to person) does, so don't talk to the business, talk to the person."

Single most effective advice for building lasting business relationships.

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@KevinSzabo14 So fucking real

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Most crucial thing I have realized while doing outreach:

You will get back the EXACT amount of energy you give to a prospect.

If you send 0 effort template messages, guess what you get back?

0 effort replies, or no replies at all.

Newton's third law

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@SiddharthS0702 It's absolutely crazy how underrated "fun" is as a motivating factor to do things

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@KevinSzabo14 These "influencers" sell fear and guilt in name of advice.

True freedom lies in not gaf and doing whatever you want

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@dickiebush Any type of action > no action

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Most of sales is just understanding that people simply need someone to listen to them and understand their problem.

Doing that alone will set you apart from most salespeople.

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@Nicolascole77 As someone who is currently interning, having another intern working for me is pretty sweet :)

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No matter how many different things you are doing in your work, only that one needle-moving thing you did is gonna be talked about.

Only one success metric. One achievement. One Improvement.

What's that one thing to you?

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@nicktheriot_ Agreed!

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One thing I've realized recently:

If you want to inculcate some habit in your life, focus on creating an environment that makes it easy, almost natural for you to do the thing.

EVERYTHING becomes 10x easier.

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@WrongsToWrite 🤪-ing my way out of life

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I just published:

‘Don’t Give Up’ Is Bad Advice — here’s why.

https://t.co/KjA1t3iceE

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@EmerieOnoh Real asf
Bought a course on Google sheets, haven't touched it till now.
But started a project making a complex CRM platform on it and im learning wayy better and easily

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@Nicolascole77 Documenting. Work, life, thoughts, everything. Been doing it more and more since the past year and it is a goddamn cheat code

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TL;DR:

AI overuses em dashes because they’re flexible, hard to mess up, and common in modern “smart-sounding” writing.

As a lover of em dashes pre-AI era, I still love to use them a ton in my writing with the occasional risk of getting accused of writing AI slop, LOL

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Why do AI tools (especially ChatGPT) use so many em dashes?

A short thread🧵

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In short: when AI isn’t sure what tone you want, or how casual/formal to go, it defaults to the safest middle ground.

Which — in modern writing — is usually the em dash.