Can You Spot a Fake: AI, Deepfakes & The Truth Online

Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-mins + Q&A with Professor Lewis Mitchell Adelaide Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner. This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about. Event Schedule: 6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open 7pm Lecture Starts 7.45pm Q&A 8pm Talk Concludes 8.30pm Event Closes. *Please arrive close to 6.30pm A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go. Your Topic: Can You Spot a Fake? AI, Deepfakes & the Truth Online Can you still believe what you see online? From AI-generated photos that look completely real to convincing deepfake videos and viral misinformation, the line between fact and fiction is becoming harder to recognise. We've all come across something online and wondered, is that actually real? But with artificial intelligence becoming increasingly sophisticated, how can we tell what's genuine and what's designed to fool us? Join Professor Lewis Mitchell as he takes us behind the scenes of AI-generated content, exploring how these technologies actually work, why misinformation spreads so easily, and what researchers are doing to fight back. Discover the differences between misinformation, disinformation and malinformation, learn what to look out for when spotting AI-generated images and content, and explore the fascinating science helping us navigate an increasingly complicated digital world. Can you trust your own eyes? Come along and find out. Your Speaker: Professor Lewis Mitchell Professor Lewis Mitchell is a Professor of Data Science at Adelaide University and Director of the Adelaide Data Science Centre. Ever wondered why some stories spread like wildfire online, while others disappear without a trace? Lewis has made a career out of exploring exactly that. His research investigates how information travels through online social networks, using mathematics, data science and machine learning to better understand how ideas, opinions and misinformation spread. Recognised with a prestigious Young Tall Poppy Science Award in 2018 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, Lewis brings a fascinating scientific perspective to one of the biggest challenges of our digital age: figuring out what's real, what's fake, and how we can tell the difference.