Ethics of AI and Behavioral Nudging for the Environment

A debate about how AI and nudge theory should or shouldn’t be used to tackle environmental problems.
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Author
Affiliation

Lewis White, Elke Windschitl

Master of Environmental Data Science @ The Bren School of Environmental Science at UCSB

Published

January 8, 2023

In this podcast, Elke Windschitl and I discuss the ethics of using behavioral nudging tactics and artificial intelligence to help tackle climate issues. Positions were assigned at random. Elke argued in favor of using AI but against using nudging tactics while I argued the opposing positions.

This podcast was created as a final project for EDS 242: Ethics and Bias in Environmental Data Science, an ethics course in UCSB’s Master’s of Environmental Data Science curriculum taught by Dena Montague.

Intro music was created by Bonfire Records and moderation was conducted by Jessica French.

elkewind · Debating Nudging and AI for Climate

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@online{white, elke windschitl2023,
  author = {White, Elke Windschitl, Lewis},
  title = {Ethics of {AI} and {Behavioral} {Nudging} for the
    {Environment}},
  date = {2023-01-08},
  url = {https://lewis-r-white.github.io/posts/2023-01-08-ai-ethics-podcast/},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
White, Elke Windschitl, Lewis. 2023. “Ethics of AI and Behavioral Nudging for the Environment.” January 8, 2023. https://lewis-r-white.github.io/posts/2023-01-08-ai-ethics-podcast/.