A naturalist's notebook open on a mossy rock, with pencil sketches of leaves, a brass loupe and a fern

Field Notes first-hand reports from work with AI

The rest of this site gathers other people's evidence. These notes are my own: studies, experiments and what happened. Each says what it does and does not show, and each is updated in public as it goes.

A glass jar resting on moss among ferns, with one small golden light glowing inside it

Starting 9 November 2026 Published 27 October 2026

The heartbeat study: can a machine have something that works like a feeling?

A sham-controlled study in a small village of AI agents asks whether a computed inner "heartbeat" changes what they do, beyond the true facts it carries.

Starts 9 November 2026. Results, and what they might mean, will be added in February 2027.

Notes in progress carry a dashed border and say when their remaining sections will be written. Every change is recorded on Latest.