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AI Generated Visual Misinformation, Propaganda, and Democracy

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Overview

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning techniques have led to the creation of increasingly sophisticated visual misinformation, posing a multifaceted challenge for individuals, organizations, and democratic societies.

The potential consequences of AI-generated visual content and propaganda, including the erosion of public trust in information and institutions, call for an urgent and collaborative response from industry, policy, and academia experts. 

In this panel discussion, Renée DiResta, Santiago Lyon, and Samuel Woolley discuss the challenges and opportunities of visual generative AI and examine potential solutions for addressing the complex ethical, policy, and technical issues that lie at the heart of this rapidly evolving technology. The conversation is moderated by UVA professor Mona Kasra. 

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AI Generated Visual Misinformation, Propaganda, and Democracy

Visual Misinformation

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Past Events

  • Technology & Disinformation
  • Visual Misinformation

Misinformation and Image Manipulation in a Polarized America

Friday, November 22, 2024 • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST

UVA's School of Data Science and Online

  • Visual Misinformation

AI-Generated Visual Misinformation, Propaganda, and Democracy

Thursday, September 26, 2024 • 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM EST

Bond House, 600 Brandon Avenue, and Online

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Faculty Co-Lead

Mona Kasra

Affiliations

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design, Department of Art, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Bio

Mona Kasra is an Iranian American new media artist, interdisciplinary scholar, and associate professor of digital media design at the University of Virginia (UVA). Her practice-based research questions, critiques, and experiments with the affordances of media technologies within artistic forms and in a variety of improvisational framings. She frequently collaborates with artists, musicians, choreographers, and theater-makers to explore the confluence between performance and new media, particularly the emerging aesthetic possibilities for enriching narrative and enhancing audience immersion in live events. Kasra’s artwork has been exhibited widely in galleries and film festivals across the United States and worldwide, and she has juried, curated, and programmed for many exhibitions, film festivals, and conferences. Her recent virtual reality piece Dwelling in the Enfolding, in collaboration with composer Matthew Burtner, was exhibited at Anchorage Museum of Art and ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community exhibition The Earth, Our Home: Art, Technology, and Critical Action. This interactive, immersive experience alludes to the complex relationship between humans and nature/environment, problematizing the possessive notion of the earth as ‘our’ home.

Kasra’s publications can be found in journals including New Media & Society, The Communication Review, Journal of Dance Education, and Media and Communication. At UVA, she lectures and teaches courses on new media art, projection design, integrated interactive media, and immersive media. Kasra serves on the board of ACM SIGGRAPH and New Media Caucus. She holds an MFA in video art from the University of Texas-Dallas, an MFA in video/digital art from California State University Northridge, and a BA in graphic design and visual communication from the Art University of Tehran.

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