Artificial Intelligence's Role in Displaying Ethnic Stereotypes

Authors

Stephanie A. Longo, Penn State ScrantonFollow

Date Created

12-9-2025

Institution Type

Baccalaureate college

Course Level

Undergraduate

Modality of Lesson

In-Person

Category

Task Execution with Human Oversight

Primary AI Tool Used

Microsoft Copilot

Learning Objectives

The learning objective for this assignment is:

To introduce students to how artificial intelligence depicts cultural nuances by reinforcing cultural bias through national stereotypes.

This assignment helps fulfil the following course learning objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

• Recognize and present clear descriptions of culture’s ability to shape and modify perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, values, and communication (verbal and non-verbal) in both general instances and specific contexts, e.g., business and educational settings.

• Understand and apply intercultural communication theories and research to daily life.

• Evaluate real-world intercultural problems, defend your analysis, and justify your solutions with clear logic and appropriate empirical evidence.

• Improve your intercultural communication skills.

• Complete these objectives without bias, value judgments, or generalizations.

Strategy Description

This lesson was used in my Intercultural Communication class as a way to introduce students to artificial intelligence’s nuances when it comes to treating and discussing other nationalities. Students were given the opportunity to ask Copilot to generate an image of a typical person from a country they are familiar with. These images were then discussed in class.

Publisher

University of Central Florida Libraries

Keywords

Microsoft Copilot; Artificial Intelligence; Corporate communication; Intercultural communication; National stereotypes; Cultural sensitivity

Subjects

Artificial intelligence--Social aspects; Artificial intelligence--Educational applications; Intercultural communication--Study and teaching; Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs; Ethnic attitudes--Study and teaching

Type

Text; Document

Collection

Teaching Repository for AI-Infused Learning

Series

Task Execution with Human Oversight

Audience

Faculty; Students; Educators; Librarians

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Recommended Citation

Longo, Stephanie A., "Artificial Intelligence's Role in Displaying Ethnic Stereotypes" (2025). Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning. 12.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/12