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Real or AI? Spot AI-Generated Photos, Videos & Deepfakes
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Real or AI? Spot AI-Generated Photos, Videos & Deepfakes

Train your eyes to detect AI-generated images, videos, deepfakes, voice clones, and online scams
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Created byKate Pilch
Last updated 6/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Practice analyzing viral AI videos frame by frame and uncovering details others miss
  • Train your eyes to notice what feels “off” in AI-generated photos, videos, and deepfakes
  • Spot the tiny AI clues most people scroll right past!
  • Learn how to zoom in, and question viral content before believing or sharing it
  • Catch video inconsistencies that reveal AI generation
  • Understand how deepfakes and voice clones can trick people, spread misinformation, and create real-world harm
  • Learn why fake images and videos feel so believable and how emotions, bias, and fast scrolling make us easier to fool
  • Use simple investigation habits like reverse image search, metadata checks, and AI detection tools to verify suspicious media
  • Become more confident in telling what’s real, what’s synthetic, and what deserves a second look online!
  • Learn how to protect yourself from AI-powered scams, fake news, voice impersonations, and manipulated media
  • Build stronger visual literacy and become more confident questioning what you see online

Course content

1 section • 13 lectures • 1h 39m total length

  • Intro1:39
  • What AI-Generated Content Is (+Deepfakes, Voice Clones, AI Art)11:55
  • Understanding AI Image Generation9:15
  • Common Use Cases: AI-Generated Art, Ads, Memes, Propaganda8:30

    Explore how AI-generated art, ads, memes, and propaganda reshape perception, authenticity, and trust. Analyze the uses and risks—from democratized creativity to targeted manipulation and false narratives.

  • Signs of Fake Images: The Visual Clues14:18

    Spot visual artifacts in AI-generated images, such as distorted text, uncanny symmetry, and inconsistent lighting, then zoom in to inspect text, reflections, and background context.

  • The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Media Lab List12:05

    Explore how MIT Media Lab's Detect Fakes helps you spot AI-generated photos and deepfakes by practicing against real examples and learning telltale visual clues in facial details and lighting.

  • Time to Put Your Skills to the Test!2:54
  • How to Spot AI-generated Video11:17
  • Cross-Verification & Critical Thinking. Source Verification Techniques4:55
  • Real or AI? Can You Tell What’s Real Anymore?7:12
  • Ethics, Safety & Future Trends. Ethical Use of AI Content7:56
  • Detection vs. Generation4:46

    Explore detection versus generation as AI-generated photos, videos, and audio push truth toward the grey zone. Learn how watermarking and content credentials aim to prove origin and restore trust.

  • Final Words and My Question to You2:48

Requirements

  • No prior AI, tech, or programming experience is required. This course is designed for anyone who uses the internet and wants to better understand what they see online

Description

This course is for people who don’t want to get fooled by AI generated media. And let’s be honest: in 2026, with the newest models of Sora, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, AI content can look REALLY believable.

AI-generated images, videos, and voices are EVERYWHERE now. Some are fun! Some are impressive. Some are designed to manipulate you.

This course teaches you how to tell the difference, without becoming paranoid and without needing any technical background.

You’ll learn how to spot AI-generated photos, deepfake videos, and voice clones using the same clues professionals look for: visual inconsistencies, audio tells, context errors, and behavioral patterns that AI still struggles to fake. I will explain everything in detail, step by step. We’ll also go through many practical examples together and you will have a chance to test your eyes - with my guidance!

Who this course is for

  • Anyone who scrolls social media :)

  • Brand owners, creators, designers, marketing specialists, and journalists who want to avoid sharing fake or misleading content

  • People who care about truth, media literacy, and digital safety!

  • Anyone with parents, kids, or friends who are easily fooled by viral AI content

  • Curious humans who want to understand how AI is reshaping reality

What you’ll learn:

  • How to recognize AI-generated images, even when they look “perfect”

  • How to spot deepfake videos by noticing movement, light, timing, and continuity

  • How to detect AI-cloned voices and audio scams

  • Why our brains fall for fake content (and how to stop it)

  • How to verify suspicious content using simple, practical tools

  • How to think critically before sharing something emotional or viral

By the end of the course, you’ll notice things most people miss, and once you see them, you can’t unsee them.

Why this matters:

The problem isn’t that AI exists...The problem is reacting too fast.

This course helps you build visual literacy and digital intuition: skills that will matter more and more every year as AI gets better, faster, and more convincing.

You’ll leave more confident, more aware, and much harder to manipulate.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to spot the AI clues most people scroll right past
  • Social media users who want to feel more confident telling real content from synthetic media
  • People who want to protect themselves from AI-powered scams, fake news, and online manipulation
  • Creators, marketers, and online professionals who work with digital content every day
  • Students, teachers, journalists, and researchers who want stronger media literacy in the age of AI
  • People who want to understand how AI is changing trust, truth, and reality online
  • Anyone curious about AI-generated photos, videos, deepfakes, and voice clones

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