UMN Educates Students on the World of AI

Artificial Intelligence Seminar: Deepfakes, Disinformation, Dangers. (Doc. UMN)

Tangerang – UMN held a seminar on “Artificial Intelligence: Deepfakes, Disinformation, Dangers,” on (07/09). The seminar was presented by Septiaji Eko N and Marlinda Vasty Overbeek, S.Kom., M.Kom. This seminar aims to educate students about how AI can also have a destructive impact at this time.

Currently, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is one of the technologies that is continuously developed today. Indeed, with the development of technology itself, there are many dangers that we must be aware of and be careful of. This time, UMN Literacy Week 2023 held a seminar and public class titled “Artificial Intelligence: Deepfakes, Disinformation, Dangers.” This seminar was held on September 7, 2023, offline and online.

This seminar was presented by Septiaji Eko N, the chairman of the MAFINDO Presidium and Marlinda Vasty Overbeek, S.Kom., M.Kom. Here, they explained the material on how AI is developing rapidly, how AI works and how we remain careful and wise in using technology.

“AI is a technology that can act and think like humans; we use AI daily. There are many challenges in AI, such as deepfake, where the human body, face, and even voice can be changed,” Vasty said, delivering the material.

Seminar Material Presentation (Doc. UMN)

According to him, deepfakes are not a big problem, but it cannot be ignored because it can become a big problem. In addition to the problem of deepfakes, this seminar discussed disinformation. As we know, in Indonesia itself, there are a lot of hoaxes that spread quickly, and the community itself still needs more education about hoaxes. This is also a problem in Indonesia.

“In Indonesia, hoaxes can be escalated 4 – 5 times, making it difficult for people to believe and creating arguments in the society,” Septiaji said. 

According to him, disinformation can divide the community because words, videos, and photos can be changed and deceive the community. This seminar provides much information about the challenges that exist and occur today so that we can wisely use existing technology facilities.

By Rachel Tiffany Tanukusuma | UMN News Service

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

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