Deepfake

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Deepfake

Seeing is no longer believing

Introduction

Real or AI-generated?

You are going to watch 8 videos and decide whether these are real or AI-generated.

Fill in the table in your reader,
poll will follow later.

(teacher: do not select answer, click on OK)

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1. Jeremy Corbyn

REAL

AI-generated

AI-generated

2. Mark Zuckerberg

REAL

AI-generated

AI-generated

3. Donald Trump

REAL

AI-generated

REAL

4. Boris Johnson

REAL

AI-generated

AI-generated

5. Kim Kardashian

REAL

AI-generated

AI-generated

6. Mark Zuckerberg

REAL

AI-generated

      

    AI-generated

7. Barack Obama

REAL

AI-generated

      REAL

8. Donald Trump

REAL

AI-generated

AI-generated

• How was your quiz score?
  
  
• How would you rate your ability at being able to spot them?

How do you compare in the deepfake quiz?

Only 1.5% of participants were able to correctly identity all deepfake videos in a series of 8 clips.

Less than 10% of participants scored more than 6 out of 8 on the deepfake quiz.

Just 56% of participants were able to correctly identify more than half of the video clips.

The deepfake clips of two of the UK’s most well-known politicians, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, were the hardest to identify.

Older generations scored higher than their younger counterparts in identifying the deepfake videos.

What is a deepfake video?

A deepfake video contains footage that has been created using artificial intelligence rather than actual film of a person. A person’s likeness is recreated convincingly in a deepfake using machine learning. This is where a computer will have been trained with hours of existing footage of that person.

What is a deepfake video?

Many deepfakes currently are clips of celebrities or politicians, but it is becoming harder to tell the difference between real and AI-generated videos. There are major concerns that this technology could lead people open to scams or help to spread false information. identifying the deepfake videos.

How to spot a deepfake

1. Do your own independent research

If you encounter any form of content which is encouraging you to part with your money, make sure you conduct your own investigation into the opportunity. A quick Google search could reveal whether the video is real or not. You should also check with a respected news source like BBC News to see whether there are reports backing up what the person has said, or reports of an AI scam involving them. Taking a few minutes to do some research could help to avoid losing your money.

How to spot a deepfake

2. Study the video in detail

Study the video in detail. There are a few key details to look out for in deepfake videos. For example, is their mouth moving completely in sync with their words? Does their voice match the exact tone and dialect of the actual person? You can also check for features such as the shadow movement of the person in the video to ensure that it matches. If anything looks suspicious, it’s best to assume it’s not real.

How to spot a deepfake

3. Listen carefully to what they’re saying

Although these deepfake videos look realistic, a lot of the time the content will have been written by AI technology, so listen carefully and try to decipher whether this really sounds like something a human would say.

What image manipulation apps or filters have you used or seen?

Face swap apps

Snapchat filters

Both

Image manipulation & personal ethics

What ethical choices do users make when they alter an image?

How do they decide:

• Whose images they can alter?
• How to share those images?
• Whether or not they may hurt someone's image and/or feelings?

Discuss: 

Why should governments, celebrities and/or everyday people worry about deepfakes?

Fill in the 3 column table (in your reader/hand-out) in groups of 3

Ethical use of digital film and images

In pairs, write a set of guidelines that you feel represent ethical use of digital images and film.
Be prepared to explain your guidelines

Questions to consider:

• Do different rules apply to politicians and celebrities, i.e. is it okay to doctor videos of them or to impersonate them?
• Who owns the rights to a video or image that gets posted on social media or YouTube?
• Who is responsible for taking fake or harmful deepfakes offline? 
  Should there be fines or other penalties?

Final reflection

• Write a headline that captures the most important aspect of deepfakes that we explored in class today.

• How does you headline differ from what you would have said about deepfakes yesterday?

Deepfake also can 

be entertaining