Accuracy and Fairness

Fairmind Guide Format

The format of a Fairmind guide requires balanced presentation of arguments. For fairness, we paraphrase arguments in their strongest form, at equivalent length. Our goal is to retain arguments’ spirit and substance while omitting loaded language and unsupported claims.

We verify factual claims and footnote them with reliable sources. When a factual dispute is important to understanding the issue, we explain the dispute rather than take sides. When the evidence strongly supports one side, we note that rather than implying false balance.

Every guide has an appendix of editorial choices. It explains aspects of the topic we did not include, with reasons why. Often the reasons involve concerns about accuracy and fairness.

Custom GPT Prompt

We publish the prompt that tells our Custom GPT how to walk the user through the decision guide. It enforces balance and fairness in many different ways. And for accuracy, it requires the AI to reproduce arguments verbatim from the decision guide’s content.

AI and Human Review

To audit our guides for accuracy and fairness, we use both AI and human reviewers:

• AI Review: We use commercially available large language models to help research issues, check for factual errors, identify potential bias in our framing and language, and flag poorly supported claims.
• Human Review: Members of our team review the AIs’ work as well as write, edit, and review the guides themselves.

Public Input

We welcome input from the public to help us improve the accuracy and fairness of our guides. If you have input, please contact us.