A SUNDAY FIELD NOTE ON AI + HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Understand what AI is changing—before it becomes normal.
One behavioral-science field note each Sunday on how AI is reshaping judgment, care, work, and power—and what those changes mean for the humans inside the system.
Free, weekly, and written by behavioral scientist Eden Brownell.
The questions we'll explore
Behavioral science for the moments when technology quietly changes how we judge, work, care, and decide.
What happens when AI makes the first recommendation?
How automation changes judgment—even when a human technically remains in control.
The cost of making everything easier
When removing friction also removes reflection, agency, and care.
Why model monitoring cannot see human behavior
What organizations miss when they measure the system but not the people responding to it.