AI expert Rex Briggs spoke to around 400 students from Northern Nevada high schools about misinformation and deep fakes at the University of Nevada, Reno on May 20, as part of the annual Youth Security Forum event, “Telling Truth from Lies.”
Richard Clark, a social studies and history teacher at Reno High School, said that when his students debriefed after the event, they noted an intriguing paradox. Clark put it this way: “To help track down AI-created disinformation or falsehoods, AI is a tool to be used.”
“I think the irony of that really stuck with them,” he added. “It feels like a Catch-22, that we’re damned if we do and we’re damned if we don’t when it comes to AI, because it’s a great tool, but it’s also something that can be used in dangerous ways.”
—Kris Vagner