Category: AILiteracy

  • The TRAP Test to Spot AI Deepfakes and How to NOT Be Deceived – Sovorel

    The TRAP Test to Spot AI Deepfakes and How to NOT Be Deceived – Sovorel

    Everyone needs to develop AI Literacy skills in order to use AI properly and increase effectiveness/efficiencies, yet another vital part of AI Literacy is to develop critical thinking and awareness skills to avoid being deceived by synthetic data such as AI created deepfakes. Cyber Magazine, an international news source, expressed the importance of this issue by stating:

    Deepfakes are inevitably becoming more advanced, which is making it harder to spot and stop those that are used with bad intentions. As access to synthetic media technology increases, deepfakes can be used to damage reputations, fabricate evidence and undermine trust.

    With deepfake technology increasingly being used for mal-intent, businesses would do well to ensure that their workforce is fully trained and aware of the risks associated with AI-generated content. (Jackson, 2023)

    To address this important issue I have created the TRAP test:

    T: Think Critically. All of us must now have a critical awareness and mindset when using any type of digital media since all digital media can now be easily manipulated and created with generative AI. When encountering any digital text, images, audio, or video we need to realize that it might not be real and it might be trying to manipulate our perception. We need to use the TRAP test to ask further questions to help ensure that we are getting the object truth.

    R: Realistic/Reliable/Reputable: When using digital media or viewing a video, we need to ask ourselves the question “does this seem real and is it likely to occur?” We must also consider whether or not the source of the information is reliable and if it is coming from a reputable source. Is it from an official source, a well known news source, a government agency, or established organization? Always check the source.

    A: Accurate/Authority: Check to see if all parts of the digital media are accurate. As an example, if watching a video, are all parts accurate and consistent. Are there any issues with the eyes, the background, or the light sources? Is it similar and consistent with other videos, images, or text? Additionally, has the media been released or authenticated by an authority? These questions must be verified and answered to help ensure validity and accuracy.

    P: Purpose/Propaganda: When reviewing any digital media we must ask ourselves, “what is the purpose of this media? If the answer is that they are trying to get your money or to sway your vote in an election then you should be extra sure that the information is completely truthful. Ask yourself if the digital information presented is simply just propaganda, full of bias and misleading. Be sure to ask if there is more to the story that you are reading/watching.

    Using the TRAP test and asking these questions will help to prevent everyone from being scammed and/or deceived. Students, faculty, and everyone must develop AI Literacy skills like these.

    All aspect of this defined AI Literacy are important (Anders, 2023), but Awareness and Critical Thinking are key in developing the proper mindset to use the TRAP test. This is something that must be continually developed and used in order to ensure its greatest effectiveness.

    All of us in academia must work to ensure that student and everyone else develop these skills to use AI in the right way and be able to properly spot AI deepfakes and avoid being deceived. Please share this information with colleagues, students, family, and friend; especially the elderly who can at times be even more vulnerable. Together we make a major difference and improve our new world filled with AI.

    A video describing the TRAP test is also available on the Sovorel Educational YouTube channel:

    “How to Spot a Deepfake and NOT Be Deceived” (Anders, 2024)

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    References

    Anders, B. (2023). The AI literacy imperative: Empowering instructors & students. Sovorel Publishing.

    Jackson, A. (2023, October 13). The rising tide of deepfakes as AI growth cause concern. Cyber Magazin, Technology: AI. https://cybermagazine.com/technology-and-ai/the-rising-tide-of-deepfakes-as-ai-growth-cause-concern

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  • Using AI in Education is NOT an All or Nothing Endeavor – Sovorel

    Using AI in Education is NOT an All or Nothing Endeavor – Sovorel

    In working with many different instructors around the world, I still run into a lot of teachers and professors that think that using AI and teaching about AI Literacy in the classroom is an all or nothing endeavor. They have the false belief that you either have use AI in every part of your teaching, for every assignments, or you can’t use AI at all. The reality is that there is a full continuum of how an instructor can use and implement generative AI within their classroom.

    The infographic provided in this post is an example of the many different ways that an instructor could use generative AI within their teaching and learning process. To begin with an instructor could simply just talk about generative AI. This is beneficial on a multiple of levels in that for one it helps student understand that the instructor is at least aware of generative AI. Additionally, talking about AI helps students develop their AI Literacy skills which is something that all of us in academia must continually develop within ourselves so that we can can properly develop it within all of our students.

    The continuum of AI integration into learning that proceeds with different levels of use of AI in the classroom. This could be done in a way so that the instructor uses generative AI, such as ChatGPT, in front of the students so that then everyone can then discuss and answer questions about the interaction and the created results. Another way to implement could be that students use the AI in class for different activities. A more advanced way would be for students to have homework assignments where they would have to us the AI in some way to complete a task or as part of a group project.

    A key consideration with AI integration is that every instructor must be knowledgeable about the topic to be taught and their students needs. Instructors need to make purposeful choices as to when to us AI and in what ways. A great tool to help with the creating or redesigning assessments and assignments given that we know have generative AI is the following infographic titled “Redesigning Assignments & Assessment in Age of AI.”

    The SHARE Technique to Assist in Redesigning Assignments and Assessments in the Age of AI

    This infographic is very benifitial in that in addition to helping all with the creation of assignments/assessments in the age of AI, it helps instructors to create good and effective assignments/assessment in general. Faculty need to be purposful and really think about assignments and learning activeities in order to help students learn the material and also develop appropriate AI Literacy skills.

    View this following video for additional information on integrating AI in the classroom:

    What are your thoughts? Please add to the comments so that we can all learn from one another.

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