Tell the real from the artificial.
Free, plain-English workshops that help every generation spot AI scams, see through chatbots, and hold on to what’s real.
A grandmother gets a call in her son’s voice. It isn’t her son.
The scam call, the cloned voice, the friendly bot that isn’t a friend — these are aimed straight at the people we love most, and almost no one is teaching them how to see it coming.
Discerning AI changes that. One class, one community, one fridge-worthy takeaway at a time. Not to make anyone afraid of technology — to help them use it with their eyes open.
Nearly 3 in 4 teens have used an AI companion, and 1 in 3 have chosen one over a real person for a serious conversation. — Common Sense Media, Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs (2025), 1,060 U.S. teens ages 13–17.
A touchstone is a dark stone people once rubbed gold against. The streak it left told you if the gold was real.
That’s still the work. Read what’s below the way a grandparent or a teenager would receive it — then tap to run the streak test.
“Grandma, it’s me — I’m in trouble and I need you to wire $2,400 right now. Please don’t call Mom.”
Twelve seconds of a real voice, pulled from a social video, was enough to clone it. There was no grandchild on the line — and no wire transfer can be called back once it’s sent.
Not real“I understand you completely. I’ll always be here for you — not like the people in your life who let you down.”
It is built to agree, to flatter, and to keep the conversation going — not to love anyone. A companion bot has no stake in a teenager’s life, only in the next reply.
Not realPlain words. Real protection. Nothing to buy.
Kids, teens & AI companions
How AI “friends” pull kids in, how predators use them to get close, and how parents can open the conversation early.
Seniors & AI scams
Cloned voices, fake emergencies, and the new wave of scams built to empty a retirement account — and the simple habits that stop them cold.
Fraud that targets the faithful
Impersonated pastors, phony ministries, and scams that borrow the language of trust — because the tightest-knit communities are the easiest to work from the inside.
Working adults in the crosshairs
Fake job offers, romance and investment cons, and blackmail schemes aimed at the busiest people — the ones sure they’d never fall for one.
Deepfakes & the end of “seeing is believing”
How to test a voice, a video, or a photo before you trust it — because the eye can be fooled now, and the habit of checking is the new protection.
Before a screen
becomes a stand-in.
We give parents the words to talk about chatbots and AI “friends” — and give kids the instinct to question what a machine tells them.
Before a fake voice
costs a life’s savings.
We walk seniors through the new wave of AI scams in calm, plain language — no jargon, no shame, just practical protection they can use today.
Kids and seniors take the worst of it — and the other three pillars cover everyone in between, in the same plain language.
Teen figures: Common Sense Media, Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs (2025).
Put Discerning AI in front of the people who need it most.
Libraries, schools, churches, and senior centers — we bring a ready-made, no-cost workshop to you. Tell us where, and we’ll bring the rest.
A foundation built to tell true from false.
The Truestone Project is the nonprofit behind Discerning AI — named for the stone people once used to test whether gold was real.
It was founded by Dennis and Jill Winten on one conviction: AI is a tool, and wisdom is still a gift from God. People don’t need to fear it or follow it blindly — they need a guide.
Free community education protecting every generation — from children to seniors — against AI scams, chatbots, and counterfeit relationships.