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Did you see the six-fingered woman on Facebook, b'y?

Did you see da six-fingered woman, b'y?

Whaddya at, b'y — this is St. John's, oldest city in North America, and we're still here. Let's go. So you know, you're scrolling through Facebook, maybe lookin' for pictures of da Narrows or somethin', and then you see it. An official government post, right? And there's a picture, and you do a double-take, b'y. Because da woman in da picture, she's got six fingers. Six! I'll tell ya one thing, b'y, Premier Tony Wakeham, he's lookin' at dis and sayin' "we gotta tighten up on our AI policy." And he's right! It's wild, it is.

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So, for those who missed it, da provincial government posted an image on Facebook, and dis image, right, it was obviously generated by artificial intelligence. And da tell-tale sign, da dead giveaway dat it wasn't a real person, was dat one of da women in da picture had six fingers on her hand. Six! It went viral here, b'y, everyone was talkin' about it. Premier Wakeham, he saw it, and he immediately said, "We gotta get a handle on dis." He wants to make sure dat dere are clear policies in place so dis kinda thing doesn't happen again. It's a bit of a laugh, sure, but it also makes ya wonder what else AI is gonna start puttin' out dere for us to see.

* **Public Trust:** When government posts images, you expect 'em to be real. A six-fingered woman makes ya question things. * **AI's Influence:** Dis shows how quickly AI is creepin' into our daily lives, even in government communications. * **St. John's Identity:** We're a real place, wit real people, not some AI-generated fantasy. We need to keep it authentic, b'y.

It's not just about a funny picture, b'y. It's about what kinda image our government is projectin' for us, da people of St. John's. We're a city of grit and character, not some smooth, fake image from a computer. We want da real Newfoundland, not da AI version.

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