AI Basics
What does AI stand for?
Artificial Intelligence
AI is especially good at recognizing what?
Patterns.
You see an image with six fingers on one hand. Is this a red flag?
Yes
Name one way AI might already be working on your phone.
Voice assistant, facial recognition, recommendations, predictive text, autocorrect, etc.
You are not sure whether something you see online was made by AI.
What is the first thing you should do?
Pause instead of immediately believing or sharing it.
True or False: AI is always correct.
False!
Can AI make mistakes?
Yes! AI makes mistakes ALL the time, so it's important not to believe all the information it gives.
A video looks realistic, but the person's lips do not quite match their speech. What should you investigate?
Whether the movement/audio has been artificially generated or altered.
What is the main purpose of AI?
To perform tedious tasks that would take humans a long time to complete.
You see something that looks incredibly realistic, but something feels strange.
What could you check?
Details, source, context, other sources, etc.
What is generative AI designed to do?
Create new content such as text, images, audio, or video.
Why can AI sometimes give different answers to the same question?
AI generates responses based on the information and context it receives.
An image looks completely real, but you cannot find where it originally came from. Why should you be cautious?
Without a trustworthy source, you cannot easily verify its context or authenticity.
You ask an AI chatbot to summarize a long article. What is one thing you should do before relying on the summary?
Check it against the original information.
You find an AI-generated image, but the person who posted it says it is a real photograph.
What could you do before believing them?
Look for the original source or another trustworthy source.
Name one place where you might already use AI without realizing it.
Examples: phone, maps, streaming recommendations, voice assistants, etc.
If AI learns from information that contains mistakes, what might happen to its answers?
It may repeat those mistakes or give incorrect information.
You see a very realistic AI image with no obvious mistakes. What is one reason you still should not automatically assume it is real?
AI can create content that looks completely realistic, so appearance alone does not prove it is real.
You ask AI to summarize an article, but the summary includes a detail that was not in the original article. What should you do?
Check the summary against the original article before trusting it.
You cannot tell whether something is AI even after looking carefully.
Does that mean it must be real?
No!
What does AI use to recognize patterns and make predictions?
Data
Suppose an AI has been trained mostly on photographs of golden retrievers. What might happen if you ask it to identify a rare dog breed it has seen very little of?
It may have difficulty identifying it accurately because it has less relevant data/patterns to draw from.
You see a video that looks completely real. There are no obvious visual mistakes, the voice sounds natural, and the post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is real? Explain.
No. Realistic appearance and popularity do not verify if it is real or AI; the source and context still need to be checked.
You ask AI to write something about an event that happened yesterday. Why might you need to be especially careful with its answer?
AI may not have reliable or complete current information and can generate incorrect details.
You see a video that looks completely real. You notice one strange detail, cannot find the original source, and are still unsure if it is AI. What should you do?
Pause, investigate the source, and verify the information before believing or sharing it.