Spotting AI fakes
Images, videos, voices, and scam texts — the tells, and the mindset that outlasts them.
The lesson
The six visual tells that still work (hands, text, backgrounds, light, symmetry, too-perfect), voice-clone scams and the family code word, and the rule that never expires: extraordinary claims get the 2-source rule — especially when they make you angry or excited.
Try it — 60 seconds
Set up a family code word this week for "it's really me" phone calls. Two minutes now; it defeats every voice-clone scam ever made.
Copy it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — whichever you already use. Fill in the brackets with your real life.
Watch out
The tells will stop working as the technology improves. The habit — check before you share — never will.