Lesson 466 of 1570
AI, Authenticity, and Why Online Honesty Matters
AI lets you be anyone online — different name, different face, different voice. But the ethical question is: should you?
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- 1The big idea
- 2online identity
- 3authenticity
- 4deception
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Section 1
The big idea
AI gives teens new powers to fake stuff online. Profile pics that are not really you. Voice notes you did not actually record. Texts you did not write. The legal questions are complicated. The ethical question is simpler: are you deceiving people who would not consent to being deceived?
Real examples
- Using an AI avatar as a profile pic for fun: usually okay, especially if friends know.
- Using an AI-edited photo to look 'better' on a dating profile: starts to feel deceptive.
- Pretending to be someone else entirely with AI tools: that is impersonation, often illegal.
- Using AI to generate compliments to send to friends: weird, hollow, eventually backfires.
Try it yourself
Look at your own online presence. Is anything AI-generated or AI-edited that other people might think is 'really you'? Decide if that matches your values.
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