Humanein the Loop
The AI Roadmap Tracker · v0.2

Are we creating the AI that serves humanity?

The Center for Humane Technology set out seven principles for AI that serves humanity. This tracker maps, week by week, how reality has drifted — across norms, laws, and product design.

MethodologySee the matrix ↓

Codebook v0.2 · 69 indicators · published Apr 2026. Open corpus under CC-BY 4.0.

The Matrix

Seven CHT principles × three domains of change. Each cell shows direction over the selected window.

Norms
Laws
Design
01Safe & Transparent
+26
27
+16
23
+48
31
02Duty of Care
+8
16
+31
44
-10
43
03Human Well-being
+18
16
+50
53
-9
11
04Meaningful Work
+22
30
+3
7
-9
25
05Rights & Freedom
+51
54
+5
23
+3
8
06International Limits
+17
31
+14
38
+20
32
07Balanced Power
-16
61
+42
48
-32
58
Window: 1Y · Geography: Global. Cells with fewer than 2 signals show “insufficient data” rather than forcing a direction.

The Signal Stream

Coded events moving the matrix. Each one is tagged to an indicator, checked for triangulation, and weighted by magnitude.

All signals →
◐MixedDesign · 5.D.aUSSep 11, 2026

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy

EFF analyzes Amazon Ring's TAKE encryption: Ring servers receive 24-hour key access to decrypt footage for AI-powered features (smart alerts, video search), then delete the key. EFF finds it a marginal improvement but not real privacy-by-design.

WhyRing TAKE grants 24hr cloud key access for AI features—not local/on-device; marginal improvement on centralized surveillance architecturePrivacy-preserving design defaults
◐MixedLaws · 3.L.bUSSep 10, 2026

We All Deserve a Better Internet, Not A Smaller One

California Governor Newsom signed AB 1709, a functional ban on social media for users under 16. EFF criticizes the law as ineffectual at protecting young people and counterproductive, as age-gating requirements force companies to collect more personal data, further concentrating power in fewer hands rather than addressing underlying surveillance business models.

WhyCA AB 1709 (under-16 social media ban) enacted, but EFF argues it harms minors' access and forces more data collection via age verificationProtections for minors

Why this exists

Everyone feels the drift. Nobody has a single picture of it. This tracker is that picture — grounded in the Center for Humane Technology's seven principles, coded against a public codebook, checked by triangulation before it moves the board.

How it moves

A source-aware tagger codes each event against the public rubric — direction, magnitude, indicator — using both the article and what kind of source it came from. Academic preprints don't move the matrix unless adopted in the field. Humans audit edge cases and write one deep process-tracing analysis per cycle. Cells with fewer than five signals stay blank — absence of motion is its own signal.

Open corpus

Principles, indicators, signals, and the rubric are public under CC-BY 4.0 at github.com/DavidHITL/hitl-tracker-corpus. Spotted a wrong tag, a dead link, or a missing event? Email david@tenone.eu — corrections land in the next refresh.