AI and urban design for health: Are large language models ethical advisers?
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THE AI ANGLE
Recommending built environment changes for public healthResearchers evaluated ChatGPT recommendations for built environment changes that support health across different income and budget conditions. The tool avoided unsafe suggestions and maintained distributive fairness, but it frequently failed to include community involvement and transparent oversight. Designers and public health staff must still provide the necessary public participation and institutional review.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Procedural ethics like community participation fell sharply in the model outputs whenever budget limits were introduced.Read the original at techxplore.com Generate teaching or study materials
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