“See The Way The Dog Is Firing That Machine Gun At Putin…” How To Help Your Parents Spot AI
THE TERRIFYING age of AI generated videos and imagery flooding our social media feeds, depicting entirely plausible scenarios, means there’s never been a better time to educate your tech un-savvy parents and help them separate the real from the fake:
“But it’s on my phone, sent by Maureen from the book club, so it has to be a piece of factual news. I refuse to believe you” – it’s a solid point from your Mam in fairness but in an effort to explain to her why this isn’t the case, simply sigh loudly, let your temper get the better of you and shout “Christ almighty” before giving up.
“I know you’re saying that Kim Jong Un hasn’t married Margot Robbie, who has given birth to a cheese wheel but why is the picture telling me this has happened? It has the BBC logo on it, am I not supposed to believe the BBC now?” – your Dad is right on the one hand; implicitly trusting a venerable news agency but maybe you’re only option is to make your own AI video of your dad being arrested for fondling garden gnomes and putting the BBC logo on that. ‘I don’t remember that, shit do I have dementia?’ might be his response but you tried.
“Brad Pitt is in my phone asking me to send my bank details because he needs to adopt 47 endangered street dogs in Kenya. He wouldn’t ask me like this in a video if he didn’t need it, he’s crying and everything. His eye keeps wobbling oddly and changing colour and his voice is different. Should I send him more money in case he needs to see a doctor too?” – your mother simply needs a helping hand here, explain in terms she can understand like you kicking a hole in the door while clutching your hair and screaming “stop spending my inheritance like this you fool, you were an engineer? How are you this thick?”.
While not full proof ways of combating misleading AI videos that are sending your parents astray, it doesn’t hurt to try. Any methods or suggestions you think work better, send them in to WWN Tech.
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