AI & Disinformation Workshop

Get ready for an exciting, hands-on experience with AARP Florida! Join us for a dynamic two-part series that dives deep into the world of AI and shows you how to protect yourself online. In partnership with AARP’s Senior Planet, we’re bringing you essential knowledge to navigate today’s tech-driven world. Senior Planet, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering older adults, offers a wealth of free classes, videos, articles, and activities to help you learn new skills, save money, stay active, and connect with others. This is an event you won’t want to miss—come discover how AI impacts your life and how you can stay safe and savvy online!

Session is FREE and will include food and drinks. You have the ability to attend all sessions or pick the sessions that most interest you.

11:00 am-11:30 am - Introduction to OATS/Senior Planet online and in-person

11:30 am-12:45 pm - AI & Disinformation

Disinformation refers to false information created to mislead people, and it's nothing new. But today's AI-powered tools and social media have made it easier and faster to create and spread disinformation.

In this lecture, we’ll explore how AI is used to create convincing deepfakes and clone voices, making it challenging to distinguish between real and fake content. We’ll also review best practices for evaluating information and explore tech tools that can help identify content
created with AI.

1:00 pm -2:15 pm- Is this AI?

With the advances in artificial intelligence technology, AI programs can now create ultra-realistic images and videos. At first sight, it may be hard to tell if what you see was created or altered by AI.

In this session, we’ll teach you tips and
tools to help you determine if an image was generated by AI. We'll show you how to do a reverse image search to find out the internet history of any image you find online. While we can't definitively tell whether an image is AI, these tools will make you a tech savvy internet user.