Lesson 1028 of 1234
AI and Pretending to Be Someone Else Online
AI can make fake voices and faces — but using it to trick people is not okay.
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- 1The big idea
- 2deepfakes
- 3honesty
- 4tricking people
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Section 1
The big idea
AI can copy how someone looks or sounds, but using that to trick people into believing something untrue is a kind of lie.
Some examples
- Making a fake video of a friend saying something they didn't say.
- Using AI to copy a teacher's voice as a prank.
- Pretending to be an adult online using an AI face.
Try it!
If a friend shows you a 'video' of someone, ask: 'How do we know this is real?' That's a good question to ask grown-ups too.
What Is a Deepfake?
AI can study thousands of photos of a person and learn to copy their face. It can study recordings of their voice and learn to sound just like them. The result is called a deepfake — a picture or video of someone that looks totally real but was made by AI, not a camera. Deepfakes can make it look like a person said or did something they never actually did.
- It can hurt the real person's feelings or reputation.
- It confuses people about what is true.
- It can make friends feel unsafe or embarrassed.
- Once something is shared online, it is very hard to take back.
- Even a 'joke' deepfake can cause real pain.
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