Sukrit Venkatagiri, assistant professor of computer science, gave this year’s faculty lecture, “How Generative AI is Reshaping Society, and What Can be Done About It.” During his lecture, Venkatagiri presented research that his lab, the Collective Resilience Lab,  has conducted at Swarthmore with the goal of better understanding the societal impacts of generative AI. His studies examine issues surrounding “deepfakes,” specifically how they’re being used to cause relational, financial, and societal harm.