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Don’t get fooled by AI — here’s how you can tell what’s real. #TEDTalk

How do you know if that shocking photo in your feed is real, or just another AI fake? Digital forensics expert Hany Farid explains how he helps journalists, courts and governments find structural errors in AI-generated images, offering four practical tips everyday individuals can use when facing the internet’s war on reality.

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How do you know if that shocking photo in your feed is real, or just another AI fake? Digital forensics expert Hany Farid explains how he helps journalists, courts and governments find structural errors in AI-generated images, offering four practical tips everyday individuals can use when facing the internet’s war on reality.

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  1. @futuretechnzone

    September 20, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Crazy how AI is already good enough to trick our eyes 👀… but the real question is: how long before we can’t tell anymore? I’ve been looking at some insane AI tools lately, and honestly, some of them feel straight out of sci-fi.

    • @Visible_visitor

      September 20, 2025 at 11:49 am

      Let’s be for real. I would say within 6 months

    • @jamesmcinnis208

      September 20, 2025 at 3:24 pm

      “Honestly”

  2. @YilyFoote

    September 20, 2025 at 11:19 am

    What is real or not? certainly is not clear anymore in an analogy is as the contrast between false information and real information.

  3. @bblovesu22

    September 20, 2025 at 11:21 am

    Thank you!❤

  4. @wdreece8859

    September 20, 2025 at 12:32 pm

    Very informative

  5. @FeatheringWalthamstones

    September 20, 2025 at 1:39 pm

    Working on an AI post processor to remove these artifacts.

    • @JuniAllen

      September 20, 2025 at 1:53 pm

      I’ve been a photographer since I was 7 years old. I became an army photojournalist for 15 years. Even my trained eyes have trouble distinguishing between real and AI.

  6. @Dante_Hellboy

    September 20, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    To be fair, misinformation has been a problem since information became so easily widespread. Generative AI at least forces people to be more aware of it due to the ease of access plus potential impact.

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    September 20, 2025 at 3:56 pm

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  8. @MrFleem

    September 20, 2025 at 6:20 pm

    Not ai, but the same sort of deception, is the video game imagery being passed off as reality.

  9. @Drea0909

    September 20, 2025 at 6:57 pm

    Great message delivered at the end. We’re at a point in time where we need to always question if what we’re reading or looking at is truth. Just because you want to believe it doesn’t make it factual.

  10. @DarrenHwang

    September 20, 2025 at 7:11 pm

    This video has been added to the training videos for generative AI 😂😂😂

  11. @cthoadmin7458

    September 20, 2025 at 8:30 pm

    What if generative AI can take all of this into account when generating images? I guess we just have to accept that images can lie the same way people, or the written word can. The only way to tell will be context.

    • @Pragati-lg6zc

      September 20, 2025 at 9:56 pm

      Agree with you

  12. @LukeListens1

    September 21, 2025 at 12:06 am

    Greatly put.

  13. @Mistah_Green

    September 21, 2025 at 3:29 pm

    This message isn’t gonna work on the people that need it the most 😂

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