Field notes

Ideas tested through real work.

The workbench for questions, experiments and lessons gathered while building with AI.

AI judgementOperator systemsPractical usabilityWriting and publication

The current testing ground

Four areas. One working method.

Build the idea, use it, study what happens and carry the lesson forward.

01

AI judgement

Studying sycophancy, confident errors, softened facts and how human judgement changes the outcome.

02

Operator systems

Building practical workflows for research, writing, records and follow-through, with people making the final decisions.

03

Practical AI for regular people

Building tools for people who speak naturally, learn by doing and want technology to fit the way they work.

04

Writing and publication

Using AI as part of a serious writing process from first conversation through revision, design and publication.

The working method

Every idea earns a real trial.

Four moves turn a promising answer into work that can be used.

01

Open it

Start with the actual file, page or tool.

02

Follow it

Trace the links, sources and steps that support the work.

03

Use it

Run the interaction it was built to support.

04

Improve it

Carry the lesson into the next version.

Cover of The Invisible Code by Anthony Philips

One field result became a book

The problem of agreement became impossible to ignore.

AI can reward confidence and agreement in ways that weaken human judgement. The Invisible Code explores that tension as part of a six-title published catalogue.

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The method makes more sense inside the whole journey.