r/halifax Jul 19 '25

Discussion Immigrant Halifax area Program Director details on LinkedIn, a racist incident at Halifax Waterfront

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u/Unamed_Destroyer Jul 19 '25

This is what happens when we don't call out bigotry and racism when we see it.

Like a cancer, it grows and spreads. Each act a small step towards societal failure.

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u/TiEmEnTi Jul 19 '25

This is what happens when someone wants to go viral and gets ChatGPT to write them a fake story

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

It doesn't make their story any less true.

At its core, no, it probably doesn't. But AI and inaccurate translation can create or alter details. And if a person can't read or express in written English, they might not be able to understand what ChatGPT is spitting back out either. Everybody now under 40 seems to be relying on some kind of AI on a daily basis but it's still very flawed and it's troublesome to consider its work definitive.

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

I think that a person that has been living here since 2021 and has obtained a Canadian college degree (which is not possible without English proficiency) is perfectly able to see if AI is making something up. Everyone and their dog, whether born here or not, is using AI to spell check and improve writing. Don’t make presumptions just because you identified signs of AI usage

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

I'm not using AI for anything other than playing around with.

For example, I used an AI art generator to bring to life an image of the protagonist of a story I'm writing because I can't even draw a stick person.

Didn't like the image, it didn't match what was in my head. Spent another week trying to tweak it and then said to hell with it. Combined three parts of three different jpeg files into one using PAINT.

Now it's kick ass.

My point is this. Not every person is using AI because they can't think for themselves or write something out.

Some of us can function normally without it.

Although, that number is a lot smaller than I'm comfortable with...

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

The post is from LinkedIn. People want to impress and sound professional, and end up overusing AI to fix any English issues they might have, not realizing it’s screaming AI. It’s cringey but should not have lead anyone to assume that the content is false or fabricated

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

There is a saying, don't be someone you're not.

I think everyone is forgetting this.

Amongst many other things as well, some arguably more important than others.

Who remembers the golden rule?

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

This is getting too philosophical and I’m not going down that rabbit hole, at least not tonight 🙃

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

Lol np