# Heuristic Field Guide
> AI tools make information easier to produce, but they also change how people judge what they read, hear and see.

## Entries
- [Automation Bias in AI Tools: A Field Guide to Five Habitats](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/automation-bias-ai-tools/): Automation bias is the tendency to rely on an automated system's recommendation or information in place of independent judgement.
- [The ELIZA Effect: Why AI Conversations Invite Human-Like Readings](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/eliza-effect-ai-conversations/): The ELIZA effect is the tendency to attribute understanding, intention or emotional awareness to a computer system because its responses resemble human.
- [Anchoring on the First AI Answer: How Response Order Shapes Judgement](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/anchoring-first-ai-answer/): Anchoring is the tendency for an initial value, suggestion or reference point to influence subsequent judgement.
- [Framing Effects in AI Prompts: How Question Wording Changes the Answer](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/framing-effects-in-ai-prompts/): Framing effects occur when different presentations of the same underlying question influence how information is interpreted or answered.
- [The Fluent Paragraph: Why AI-Written Explanations Can Feel More Understood Than They Are](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/fluent-paragraph-illusion-explained/): The fluent paragraph illusion describes the gap between how well an explanation reads and how well its reader can actually explain the underlying subject.
- [Anthropomorphism and Labeled Fiction: How AI Character Platforms Present Their Characters](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/anthropomorphism-and-labeled-ai-fiction/): Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics, intentions or emotions to non-human entities.

## About
- [About Heuristic Field Guide](https://heuristic-field-guide.pages.dev/about/): what the site covers and how entries are made

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