Field Guide

AI in the Wild

Tools for noticing patterns, asking better questions, and making sense of AI in everyday life.

AI Deployment Patterns

Recurring patterns in how AI systems are built, deployed, and used in the world.

STS Concepts

Concepts in Science & Technology Studies (STS)

Theories that explain why consistent patterns of AI use and deployment keep happening.

Examples

Real situations where the recognition patterns appear. Each example is a crossroads – one situation that activates multiple lenses simultaneously..

Ethical Frameworks

Tools for evaluating what you've found. Use these to move from analysis to judgment.

Theories of Learning

How humans actually learn, across five accounts – a reference for testing what AI systems mean when they say they "learn."

Technical Explainers

Enough technical understanding to ask better critical questions.

Governance

Tools for asking what should be shaped, limited, redirected, or refused before an emerging technology hardens into infrastructure.