Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good?

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Computer Science and Media Studies.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This package of teaching resources explains the work of Professor Siwei Lyu, based at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in the US, who is determined to halt the advance of deepfake media and ensure that generative AI is used for the good of society.
• The brochure contains an interview with Siwei and his colleague, Shan, providing insights into careers in media forensics.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Siwei’s research, and tasks them to consider how AI could be used for societal good.
• The animation summarises Siwei’s work and is accompanied by a script.
• The careers PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations.
• The podcast features Siwei talking more about his work and the field of media forensics and is accompanied by a PowerPoint featuring questions to help students to ‘break the podcast down’.

This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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