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If you’re a parent who’s online, there’s a 100% chance you’ve encountered AI, but you probably didn’t even know about it. Whether we like it or not, it is everywhere today. Artificial intelligence can not only create videos of adorable animals that make you instantly tearful and feel silly, but it can also spew out tons of misinformation and even fraud. One woman recently took to TikTok to tell her followers that too many people are bad at identifying AI. She offers some great tips here.
Benevolent campaigners against AI have taken to TikTok to remind people that they are all too easily fooled by AI.
If you’re a busy mom who only has 5 minutes to spend on your phone at the end of the day, here’s a video by @theeglamnaija, aka Nai Jelee, posted to help people better identify AI.
The content creator, who has more than 1 million followers on TikTok, primarily posts beauty and glamor videos, but being able to carefully decipher what’s real and what’s created by AI seems to be an important theme for her.
She says at the beginning of the video: right nowShe points out that with the rise of AI, people are being scammed every day on apps like TikTok. You can tell right away that she means business.
She said she recently came across a video that had more than 1 million views and found it suspicious. It looked like two black women selling cute leopard-print handmade bags for $60 to $100. Within seconds of visiting their page, she realized that none of it was real.
When Nai Jelee saw the fraudulent account on TikTok, it became clear that multiple videos were using essentially the same script. For example, the account had several videos that started with, “Don’t scroll down. I just want to show you my sister’s handmade animal print handbag.” Indeed, she is.
Nai Jelee pointed out that this exact phrase is used in several videos on the page and is said in the exact same cadence. This helps show that this is not what a real person is saying, as people inherently add variety to their speeches and the content they post.
Another thing you can always keep in mind when trying to discern a real person from someone created by AI is that there are often moments in the video where a person’s nails or hands change shape or color. This is a major red flag that there is no real person behind the content.
There are some other signs to look out for to avoid falling for AI scams.
TikTok users point out that the AI is bad at maintaining consistency, especially in the background, so you have to keep an eye on things like floors, wall colors, and bedding that change throughout the video. I’m also very bad at expressing human emotions. For example, she shares that a fake account trying to sell handbags includes multiple videos of an AI girl crying and going haywire.
In the comments on TikTok, some people are offering helpful tips. One person commented: “For me it’s the mouth movements.” Well, it’s good to be careful. Another person points out, “AI always feels a little creepy and cartoonish, and I just can’t put my finger on why.” It’s just that something about the person’s appearance looks strange or feels out of place.
But what pisses Nye Jerry off the most is that she is right to assume that the people making these fake videos aren’t even black, they’re just using black likenesses to defraud. And they’re “building a narrative around the bag of black entrepreneurship” to target black viewers, who are more likely to be targeted for scams.
But that’s the thing about AI. It can be a very serious problem, and you may think it’s no big deal, but it’s changing the world we live in. It’s very important to be mindful of what you’re engaging in online and try to avoid scams if possible.
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