Fact vs. Fiction: Information Integrity & AI Artificial intelligence is changing how information is created, shared, and consumed. This video explores the importance of information integrity in an era of increasingly realistic AI-generated media. View
Is That Fair? Bias & AI AI can reflect and amplify biases found in society, in the humans who create AI, in the data used to train AI systems. This video examines AI fairness and what AI bias means for our world. View
Running with Scissors: AI and the Race for the Future The race to develop and deploy AI has led innovation to outpace ethical inquiry. As part of our AI Ethics Docuseries, this documentary explores the risks of prioritizing speed over responsibility and the ethical safeguards that can ensure a better future for humanity. View
Implicit Bias & Wrongful Conviction “Implicit bias” exists when we unconsciously hold attitudes or judgments about other people or social groups. In the criminal legal system, implicit bias creates an unacceptable risk of wrongful conviction for people of color. This video is a collaboration between Ethics Unwrapped and Illinois Innocence Project. View
Intro to Behavioral Ethics: Sports Edition Outside pressures, internal biases, decision-making shortcuts, and other factors can lead us to make unethical choices. As research in sports psychology has improved athletic performance, research in behavioral ethics can improve our moral performance. View
Tangible & Abstract: Sports Edition We tend to be more strongly influenced by what is happening here and now. We often fail to consider the consequences of our choices for the future or the impact of our actions on those we don’t know. View
Self-serving Bias: Sports Edition The self-serving bias causes us to see things in ways that support our best interests and our pre-existing points of view. View
Role Morality: Sports Edition Our moral standards are often determined by the role we see ourselves playing at the time. This can lead us to make decisions and act very differently in the moral realm depending on our role. View
Overconfidence Bias: Sports Edition Athletes – like everyone else – are overconfident in their abilities. It can be counterproductive to be overconfident about our athletic ability, but overconfidence in our morality can cause us to act without any real ethical reflection. View
Obedience to Authority: Sports Edition We have a natural tendency to want to please those in charge. Athletes especially have a self-serving incentive to follow their coaches’ instructions. This makes it easy to rationalize unethical behavior as simply “doing as we’re told.” View