How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.You are a senior military officer and you've just received a chilling message on social media
2.Four of your soldiers have been taken, and if demands are not met in the next ten minutes, they will be executed
3.All you have to go on is this grainy photo, and you don't have the time to figure out if four of your soldiers are, in fact, missing
4.What's your first move
5.If I may be so bold, your first move is to contact somebody like me and my team
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
different
A2The different ideal.
Example:
"you can see a decidedly different pattern"
rapid-fire
A2(of a gun) Able to fire bullets in quick succession.
Example:
"Latif Nasser: We're doing rapid-fire questions, you ready?"
questions
A2A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
Example:
"Latif Nasser: We're doing rapid-fire questions, you ready?"
differentiate
B1Something that has been differentiated or stratified.
Example:
"LN: Can you differentiate between things that have, like,"
A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Instagram or TikTok filters or Photoshop versus fully AI generated images?"
photoshop
A2A digitally altered image.
Example:
"Instagram or TikTok filters or Photoshop versus fully AI generated images?"
generated
A2To bring into being; give rise to.
Example:
"or an AI-generated image."
increasingly
B1Increasing in amount or intensity
Example:
"HF: Yes, but it's becoming increasingly more difficult."
difficult
A2To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Example:
"HF: Yes, but it's becoming increasingly more difficult."
layperson
A2A person who is not a cleric.
Example:
"LN: Are there any websites a layperson can use to check?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| different | A2 | The different ideal. |
| rapid-fire | A2 | (of a gun) Able to fire bullets in quick succession. |
| questions | A2 | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. |
| differentiate | B1 | Something that has been differentiated or stratified. |
| A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. | |
| photoshop | A2 | A digitally altered image. |
| generated | A2 | To bring into being; give rise to. |
| increasingly | B1 | Increasing in amount or intensity |
| difficult | A2 | To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
| layperson | A2 | A person who is not a cleric. |
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