Understanding What AI Pretends: Freiburg Looks Behind Digital Fakes


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Understanding What AI Pretends: Critically Seeing Artificial Intelligence
Texts, images, and videos generated by Artificial Intelligence often appear deceptively real. The lecture at the Freiburg City Library shows how such content is created, how to recognize fakes, and the consequences they have for society, media, and democracy.
When Digital Content Appears Credible
The focus is on an introduction to Artificial Intelligence with a clear view on manipulated and artificially created content. The event places current developments in understandable context and connects technical foundational knowledge with questions of media literacy.
Media Literacy for Everyday Life
Whether news, photos, or videos: The ability to critically examine digital content is one of the most important competencies of the present. The lecture provides orientation and raises awareness for typical features of misinformation and deepfakes.
Event Experience at the City Library
The one-hour event takes place at the main branch of the City Library at Münsterplatz. In the quiet atmosphere of the library building, there is space for focused listening and a factual engagement with a topic that increasingly shapes everyday life, education, and democratic public life.
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Visitors can expect a compact, free lecture with practical context and social relevance. Those who wish to assess digital information more securely and better understand the opportunities and risks of modern AI will find a helpful introduction here.
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