Semantic Cartography
Instruments for mapping how you navigate conceptual space—how you encode meaning, transmit it to others, and reconstruct it from sparse signals.
INSTRUMENTS: 2 LIVE: 2
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Know thyself. Empirically.
Phronos is an observatory for human cognition in the age of artificial intelligence. We develop methods to explore cognitive phenotypes, track human reasoning over time, and map the interface between human and machine intelligence.
01 Dispatches from the Observatory
02 The Library
LIB-001
Published
Creativity in the Age of Generative AI
An illustrative review of how generative AI reshapes the cognitive pathways of human creativity.
LIB-002
Editing
Digital Validity
Under what conditions can chat data serve as valid proxies for cognitive states?
LIB-008
Editing
Instrument Design
How can cognitive instruments be designed to be engaging, valid, and interpretable without causing harm?
03 Methods
MTH-002
Published
Semantic Association Metrics
A methodology for measuring semantic properties of word associations using embedding-based metrics.
MTH-001
Published
Observational Chat Analysis
A methodology for analyzing naturalistic human-AI conversations to measure engagement patterns, content dynamics, and user behavior.
01 Available Instruments
05 About
Founder
MD · PhD
"The distinction between flourishing and languishing is a measurement problem. With the right data, we can find the path to improving ourselves and the world around us."
An observatory for human-AI collaboration.
Phronos assembles evidence and builds instruments to help you observe your cognition in action, supporting constructive AI collaboration for individuals and organizations. Our methods, tools, and articles are open and publicly available.
Empirical self-knowledge can be a vehicle for self-improvement. Our vision is that tools for self-knowledge will become more readily accessible, embedded within the workflows and environments where our cognition is challenged most.
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