Debating Nudging and AI for Climate

A short podcast debate by Lewis White and Elke Windschitl
M.E.D.S.
Author
Affiliation

Elke Windschitl, Lewis White

UCSB Bren School

Published

December 19, 2022

This is a short podcast by myself and Lewis White where we debate using nudging and AI for climate solutions. We chose sides for each topic at random. This podcast was created for a final assignment for EDS 242 Ethics and Bias in Environmental Data Science – a course in UCSB’s Master’s of Environmental Data Science curriculum taught by Dena Montague. Intro music by Bonfire Records and moderation by Jessica French.

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Citation

BibTeX citation:
@online{windschitl, lewis white2022,
  author = {Windschitl, Lewis White, Elke},
  title = {Debating {Nudging} and {AI} for {Climate}},
  date = {2022-12-19},
  url = {https://elkewind.github.io/posts/2022-12-19-climate-ai-debate},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Windschitl, Lewis White, Elke. 2022. “Debating Nudging and AI for Climate.” December 19, 2022. https://elkewind.github.io/posts/2022-12-19-climate-ai-debate.