A few months ago, I was sitting in the living room with my parents when I showed them a video I’d found online. It was of a woman flying through the air on what looked like a real hoverboard. She zoomed over the water, flipped midair, and landed gracefully like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. My parents were absolutely amazed.
“Wow! How is that possible?” my mom said.
“That looks dangerous,” my dad added. “I didn’t even know physics allowed for that!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Mommy, Baba,” I said, “this video was made by AI.”
For a second, they looked at me in disbelief, then in realization. It was one of those moments where I could literally see the generational gap in how we interpret media. To them, the video was magic. To me, it was just another example of how convincing digital content has become.
That moment stuck with me because it perfectly captured how differently generations approach media trust. My parents’ generation grew up in a world where most information came from established institutions, newspapers, television, and radio. If something was broadcast or printed, it was probably true.
But my generation? We’ve grown up surrounded by Photoshop, filters, deepfakes, and misinformation. We’ve seen enough viral hoaxes and “too-good-to-be-true” stories to question almost everything we see online.
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