Education Edition program aimed at 8-18-year-olds called Reed Smart: AI Detective.
It’s an interactive adventure game fashioned after film noir detective stories, where the player must assist detective Reed Smart in solving a case where the perpetrator is misusing AI.
Along the way, Reed Smart will teach real-life lessons to the player on how AI can be used to spread misinformation through convincing deepfake videos, and how to avoid being tricked by AI to uncover the truth.
Reed Smart: AI Detective is broken down into three acts:
Case 1: The Deepest Fake — Case 1 teaches the players how convincing AI-generated videos can be, and tasks them to discover which video is fake by looking beyond surface-level appearances and using multiple sources to info in context.
Case 2: An Ode to Deception — Case 2 educates the players on AI detection tools, their pros and cons, and how relying too much on technology without applying your own human judgment, can lead to false accusations.
Case 3: Dine & Deceive — Case 3 demonstrates how AI can convince uninformed people by conjuring up wrong information, and what the player can do identify false information through the use of verification, even when AI uses authoritative language.
To solve these cases, players will need to interview eyewitnesses to put claims in context, cross-reference their statements with evidence, identify when AI is being misused to create false testimonies, and collect all credible sources together to discover the truth.
As players solve cases, Reed Smart: AI Detective will teach players important information literacy skills to help discern fake information spread by AI, not just in-game, but in real life too.