Ederer, Aiske (2025) Is it AI? Can people learn to spot the difference between real photographs and AI-generated photorealistic images? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Being exposed to Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated photorealistic images is no longer a rarity. Due to the rapid advancement if AI it is also becoming increasingly harder to distinguish between what is real and what is AI. The present study investigated the effect of a spaced inductive learning training on people’s ability to spot the difference between real photography and AI generated photorealistic images. Participants (N = 192) were randomly assigned to to either receive training or no training, which was followed by questionnaieres and the test phase of the study. We found no virtually no effect for the training on the overall accuracy scores. However, we found an opposite effect pattern looking at the image categories separately. Namely, that ‘real photography’ accuracy scores are lower for participants in the training condition, and accuracy scores for ‘AI generated’ are higher for participants in the training condition. Higher AI related anxiety scores show a positive relationship with the accuracy score for the AI image category, while having received both training and having higher anxiety scores had a negative impact. Interestingly, there were no significant effect for the real image category. Our findings also showed that on average, women tend to be slightly better than men at accurately distinguishing between categories. Due to the novelty of the topic, more research is needed to gain deeper insights into what impacts and is needed for AI media literacy, and if it is even possible to still distinguish AI generated images from real photography. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, AI generated photorealistic images, photography, spaced inductive learning, AI media literacy, AI related anxiety
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gutzkow, B. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2025 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2025 09:28 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5625 |
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