Many countries include ‘Democratic’ or ‘People’s’ in their names, even though they are not democratic and do not serve their people. Examples: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Lao People’s Democratic Republic People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Democratic Republic of the Congo And German Democratic Republic (East Side) in 1949–1990. None of these states are democratic, power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a small ruling elite. Who are they fooling with these names?

  • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Just because it’s a well-written answer doesn’t automatically mean it’s AI. There’s a couple syntax errors/typos in there that lead me to believe that at the very least it wasn’t JUST a straight up copy/paste from ChatGPT

      • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 days ago

        Bro I use double dashes all the time–often to make little asides like I’m doing right now–and have been using them for years. It was just something I picked up by reading actual books. Now AI comes around and I’ll occasionally be falsely accused as one just because of that one small aspect of my writing style. Feels bad man

        • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          8 days ago

          It’s a good time to drop them anyway, since it’s usually a sign that you rushed into a sentence without a proper plan. Come to think of it that’s probably why they’re so commonly used by the next-token prediction calculators…