AI & Media Basics
A fake, digital person created by a computer to present news.
What is an AI Avatar (or Synthetic Anchor)?
The feeling of trusting someone based on whether they agree with you.
What is Bias / Confirmation Bias?
An easy, non-controversial topic like daily high temperatures.
What is The Weather (or Sports)?
Telling viewers upfront that a news anchor isn't a real person.
What is Disclosure (or Labeling)?
What is the capital of Hungary?
Budapest
The difference between a text-only article and an AI news report.
What is a Visual Presenter / Video?
If you already love AI tech, you will likely trust AI news more or less?
What is More?
A serious, debated topic like global warming or elections.
What is Climate Change (or Politics)?
Realistic fake videos used to trick people into believing false news.
What are Deepfakes?
Who was president of the United States between 1992 and 2000?
Bill Clinton
The technology that writes the news scripts automatically.
What is Artificial Intelligence (or Generative AI)?
The creepy feeling when a robot looks almost real, but not quite.
What is The Uncanny Valley?
Whether your political team is Republican or Democrat.
What is Political Ideology?
The main thing real news anchors have that AI avatars don't.
What is Real Human Emotions / Empathy?
Who painted Starry Night?
Vincent VanGogh
The type of news story created entirely by artificial intelligence.
What is Fully AI-Generated News?
Judging an AI anchor based on your own personal opinions.
What is Personal Opinion / Prior Attitude?
Why people question AI anchors more on political stories than weather.
What is Distrust / Looking for Hidden Bias?
What might happen to real news anchor jobs if AI anchors take over.
What is Job Loss / Replacing Human Reporters?
Who wrote the acclaimed Pulitzer prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
The main goal of news companies using AI anchors instead of humans.
What is Saving Time / Saving Money?
Feeling like an AI anchor is your real friend even though they don't know you.
What is a Parasocial Relationship?
Believing an AI anchor is secretly biased against your political party.
What is Hostile Media Bias?
The best team setup: mixing human reporters with AI tools.
What is a Hybrid Model?
What planet is Superman from?
Krypton