In a recent article for The Conversation, professor Ali Asgary and co-author Maleknaz Nayebi discuss AI-generated fake wildfire images that went viral online. The article covers why individuals create and circulate disinformation, why it is harmful and how it can make situations more difficult for disaster management teams. The authors provide a list of strategies to identify, report and prevent disinformation.
Ali Asgary is a professor of Disaster & Emergency Management (DEM) in the School of Administrative Studies at York University. Asgary is an expert in disaster, emergency and business continuity management and has been actively involved in research, teaching and professional activities in these fields since 1993.
Read the full article in The Conversation.