What began as an 11-year-old’s science fair hypothesis that kids might outperform adults in spotting AI-generated content evolved into a cross-generational study of 100 participants ages 5 to 65+. Grounded in cyberpsychology, the research explored why deepfake detection accuracy varies by age. This is not a talk about technology. It is a talk about human minds navigating a world where synthetic reality is becoming indistinguishable from the real thing, and what we owe each other in closing that gap.