AI videos can look very real. Here are simple tips to help you check. First, watch faces and hands. Do the eyes blink in a natural way? Are the teeth, ears, or fingers a strange shape? If yes, it may be AI. Next, look for smooth or “perfect” movement. Real life is a little messy: water splashes in different ways, hair moves in the wind, and people make small mistakes. If the motion is too clean or too fast, be careful.
Listen to the sound. Is the voice a bit flat, too even, or out of sync with the lips? Are crowd or street noises missing? That is a red flag. Check light and shadows: do they match the time of day and the position of the sun or lamps? Look at reflections in windows or water—AI often forgets these details.
Pause the video. In single frames, you may see glitches: strange textures, extra fingers, or odd letters on signs. Also read the caption and check the source. Does a reliable news site show the same clip? Can you find the original video or creator?
Finally, ask yourself: is the scene too extreme to be true? If it feels “too perfect,” verify before you share.
Vocabulary:
• AI (noun): computer systems that do tasks like humans
• deepfake (noun): a video changed by AI to look real
• footage (noun): recorded video
• glitch (noun): a small, strange error in video or sound
• frame (noun): one still picture inside a video
• lighting (noun): how a place is lit by sun or lamps
• shadow (noun): dark shape made when light is blocked
• reflection (noun): an image you see in glass or water
• texture (noun): the surface look of skin, fabric, etc.
• render (verb): to create an image or video by computer
• overlay (noun): an image or text put on top of a video
• voiceover (noun): a voice you hear over pictures
• caption (noun): short text that explains a video
• source (noun): the place or person the video comes from
• metadata (noun): hidden info about a file, like date, device
• watermark (noun): small logo/text that shows the owner
• grainy (adj): not clear; with visible dots
• pixel (noun): the tiny point that makes a digital image
• reliable (adj): that you can trust or believe; dependable and honest