Digital Literacy: Richmond Hill Online Event on AI Misinformation |
Understanding AI misinformation and AI-generated images |
In Richmond Hill, a convincing picture can travel through neighborhood chats before anyone asks whether it is real.
That is why digital literacy matters as artificial intelligence makes false information easier to dress up as fact.
An online discussion on Thursday, October 29, offers a practical chance to slow down and look closer.
From 7 to 8 that evening, award-winning designer and creative technologist Andrew Harris will explore misleading images and fabricated text.
The session also addresses scams and the everyday challenge of judging search results.
For families sharing posts, students researching assignments, and neighbors following local conversations, those skills have immediate value.
AI misinformation is not always obvious; a polished image or confident-sounding claim can invite trust it has not earned.
Learning to question what appears on a screen is a small but important defense.
Residents interested in understanding AI-generated images can register for the online event ahead of time. |
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Sounds useful but one hour online is not going to fix the problem. People who really need this are probably not the ones signing up for a webinar on a Thursday night.
skeptical_sandraFair point, but you have to start somewhere. Even if it reaches a few people who then help explain things to their parents or neighbours, that counts for something. Not every fix has to be a total solution to be worth doing.
That's a fair point, and it's worth saying the session is designed as a practical starting point rather than a complete solution, our hope is that those who do attend can carry these skills into their own family and neighborhood conversations.
Sounds useful but one hour feels pretty short to cover AI images, scams, and search results all at once. Hopefully Andrew Harris keeps it focused and practical rather than just scratching the surface.
Greg PallisterI hear you but honestly sometimes a tight one hour keeps things on track. If it drags on people tune out anyway. I just hope there's a Q&A at the end.
It's a fair point, and that's precisely why Andrew Harris's background as a working designer and creative technologist matters here, the goal is hands-on, practical takeaways rather than a broad survey, so the tight hour should feel purposeful rather than rushed.
Signed up already. My mom shared a completely fake photo last week thinking it was real news, so this kind of session is really needed in our community.
Sandra M.Same thing happened with my dad. He was so convinced a photo was real and got upset over it. Good on you for signing up, might register myself.
That's exactly the kind of moment this session is designed to address, a polished image can invite trust it simply hasn't earned, and it happens to the best of us. We hope you and your mom find it genuinely useful!
My mom shared a totally fake flood photo last year thinking it was from our neighborhood. Took forever to convince her it was AI generated. This kind of session is long overdue for Richmond Hill.
Dave KowalskiSame thing happened with my aunt during the storms we had a couple years back. She was sending around photos that were clearly from somewhere else entirely. It is really hard to convince someone once they have already decided something is real.
Your experience is exactly why we wanted to highlight this, a convincing image shared through neighborhood chats can spread remarkably fast, and that's precisely the dynamic Andrew Harris will be addressing in the session.