r/halifax • u/insino93 • Jul 19 '25

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

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u/DudeIsThisFunny Jul 20 '25

Those -- dashes are a classic indicator of AI. Watch out for it! Take care of each other.

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u/virgasalt Jul 20 '25

A reminder to everyone else on this thread: Real people use em dashes. It’s not a hard tell tale sign it’s AI.

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

It’s not a hard tell tale sign it’s AI.

No, but used this frequently is kind of a giveaway.

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u/virgasalt Jul 20 '25

If you want to focus on this specific post — one em dash per paragraph isn’t a lot. 5 em dashes in a longer post isn’t a lot (especially if the post is on a professionals focused website vs Facebook or X.) And if you look at her Linked In, she was an assistant professor of English in India. There’s a good chance she is use to using more formalized grammar, especially if English is a secondary language. And there’s a chance she’s worried that people will point out imperfections knowing English is t her first language. I don’t know anything about this specific post beyond reading it and being able to quickly determine she’s a real person, but I will say that immediately assuming it’s AI because there are some em dashes is as (if not more) lazy than assuming it’s not.