Deepfakes –

Is seeing still
believing?

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Let’s learn some vocabulary
Match the words in box A to the words in box B to create pairs of
synonyms.

BOX A

bunch detect fake impersonate massive

manipulate swap vigilant weird

BOX B

careful false falsify group huge

imitate notice strange substitute

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Let’s check your answers.

substitute huge
swap = massive =
imitate group
impersonate = bunch =
false falsify
fake = manipulate =
notice strange
detect = weird =
careful
vigilant =

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 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

massive/huge vigilant/careful fake/false impersonate/imitate

manipulate/falsify swap/substitute bunch/groupdetect/notice weird/strange

A. Finding a solution to this problem is a ……………….. challenge that we have to face.

B. Security personnel need to be more ……………….. when checking bags and packages.
C. I don’t like her smile. It seems so ……………….. .
D. She's the woman who ……………….. all the celebrities on TV.
E. The research institute was alleged to have ……………….. test results to get funding for their studies.
F. I ……………….. my busy life in London for a peaceful life in the countryside.
G. The volunteers are a very mixed ……………….. of people united by the willingness to do something
good.
H. I thought I ……………….. a hint of irony in her words.
I. I heard some ……………….. noises coming from outside. Can you check it out?

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 Let’s check the answers.

massive/huge vigilant/careful fake/false impersonate/imitate

manipulate/falsify swap/substitute bunch/groupdetect/notice weird/strange

massive/huge
A. Finding a solution to this problem is a ………………………………………… challenge that we have to
face. vigilant/careful
fake/false
B. Security personnel need to be more ……………………………………………... when checking bags and
packages. impersonates/imitates
C. I don’t like her smile. It seems so …………………………………. .
manipulated/falsified
D. She's the woman who ………………………………………………………………….. all the celebrities
swapped/substituted
on TV.
E. The research institute was alleged to have ……………………………………………………………… test
bunch/group
results to get funding for their studies.
F. I ……………………………………………………………..
detected/noticed my busy life in London for a peaceful life in
the countryside. weird/strange
G. The volunteers are a very mixed ……………………………………….. of people united by the
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willingness to do something good.
Watch a video of:

Bill Hader impersonating Tom Cruise

Did you notice anything unusual about the video?
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 Discuss the questions.

➔ Did you like the video featuring Bill Hader?

➔ Did you immediately detect that the video had been manipulated?
➔ What does the proverb ‘seeing is believing’ mean?
➔ Are you vigilant when reading and watching news online? How
often do you check sources of news and information?
➔ Have you ever detected fake news or fake videos?
➔ What groups of people may benefit from manipulating news?

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Match the words to create phrases.

A. detection 1. media

B. artificial 2. signs

C. common 3. filters

D. photo 4. intelligence

E. telltale 5. ramifications

F. political 6. sense

G. election 7. tools

H. social 8. season 12
Let’s check your answers.

A. detection 1. media

B. artificial 2. signs

C. common 3. filters

D. photo 4. intelligence

E. telltale 5. ramifications

F. political 6. sense

G. election 7. tools

H. social 8. season 13
Complete the gaps with the phrases in the box.

detection tools artificial intelligence common sense photo filters telltale

signs political ramifications election season social media

A. Do you ever use …………………………….. or any other applications to change your face or
airbrush your photos?

B. Do you use …………………………….. as your source of information? How often do you hear
about any breaking news there?

C. Do you take adequate precautions and use …………………………….. when posting pictures of
you and your family online?

D. …………………………….. is the ability of a computer program or a machine to think and learn.

Where and how can it be applied?

E. What are your own …………………………….. or methods to verify whether news or information
is fake?
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 Let’s check the answers.
detection tools artificial intelligence common sense photo filters telltale
signs political ramifications election season social media

photo filters
A. Do you ever use …………………………………………….. or any other applications to change your
face or airbrush your photos?

social media
B. Do you use ………………………………………..….. as your source of information? How often do
you hear about any breaking news there?
common sense
C. Do you take adequate precautions and use …………………………………………………..… when
posting pictures of you and your family online?

Artificial intelligence
D. ……………………………………………………………..…. is the ability of a computer program or a
machine to think and learn. Where and how can it be applied?

detection tools
E. What are your own …………………………………………………. or methods to verify whether news
or information is fake?
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In a moment, you’ll watch a news video titled:

Detecting deepfakes
 Watch the video and answer the questions.

A.What does the term ‘deepfake’ mean?

B. What does the project by Facebook, Microsoft

and a bunch of academics involve?

C. What should people look out for to detect

deepfakes on social media sites?

D.What good application of deepfake technology

did the speaker mention?

E. What is an example of the wrong use of

deepfakes given by the speaker?

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 Let’s check your answers.
A. What does the term ‘deepfake’ mean?
A deepfake is when you face-swap, you put somebody else's face on something and it'll look like it's a
different person; there is also voice swapping.
B. What does the project by Facebook, Microsoft and a bunch of academics involve?
It is a deepfake detection challenge. They actually hired some actors and they've commissioned a whole
bunch of deepfake so they're actually making deepfakes to teach the computers that they're fake.
C. What should people look out for to detect deepfakes on social media sites?
Look critically at what you're looking at. When it's real information and it sounds like it it's too good to
be true or too weird. The other way is to look for obvious stuff like an earring missing, two eyebrows,
shadows falling in the wrong place, something looks askew in the background, the mouth doesn't quite
move, you look a little bit like The Lion King as opposed to like a real person.
D. What good application of deepfake technology did the speaker mention?
You can bring back all your old favorite actors and make new movies with them so that's going to be a
really wonderful use of this technology.
E. What is an example of the wrong use of deepfakes given by the speaker?
Taking a video of Einstein, putting in a computer and making a brand-new lecture which wasn't actually
Einstein’s and in which Einstein will be saying crazy stuff.

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 Discuss the questions.

➔ What might be the political ramifications of using such technology?

➔ Should you be concerned that your photos or videos might be deepfaked?
➔ What could be some positive applications of deepfakes?
➔ Is knowing the truth nowadays a challenge? Why?/Why not? What kind of
problems could it cause?
➔ How can governments or corporations deal with online misinformation?
Who should be responsible for verifying content?

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Thanks!