Initiative
Alesvia Watch
AI Impact Observatory
No institution systematically tracks how deployed AI systems affect human autonomy in practice. Alesvia Watch fills that gap — monitoring, measuring, and reporting so that policy and public understanding keep pace with technology.
Live Autonomy Incident Tracker
| Date | Severity | Incident Type | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | High | Persuasive Architecture Flag | Enterprise e-commerce AI utilizing dynamic emotional manipulation to increase checkout rates. | Under Review |
| 2026-04-15 | Medium | Cognitive Delegation Risk | Educational tutoring bot exhibiting high dependency patterns in primary school test subjects. | Logged |
| 2026-03-30 | High | Chatbot Manipulation | Customer service LLM overriding user exit attempts during subscription cancellation flows. | Logged |
Persuasive Architecture Flag
Enterprise e-commerce AI utilizing dynamic emotional manipulation to increase checkout rates.
Cognitive Delegation Risk
Educational tutoring bot exhibiting high dependency patterns in primary school test subjects.
Chatbot Manipulation
Customer service LLM overriding user exit attempts during subscription cancellation flows.
What We Monitor
- Quarterly reports on the state of AI and human autonomy
- Public tracker of AI incidents related to autonomy erosion — chatbot dependency, AI-induced behavior change, manipulation cases
- Rapid-turnaround studies on emerging AI products and their autonomy implications
- Expert testimony and evidence packages for legislative processes
Methodology
Alesvia Watch combines quantitative tracking (incident databases, product audits, usage data analysis) with qualitative research (interviews, case studies, practitioner reports). We publish everything openly and make our datasets available to researchers.
Who This Serves
- Policymakers and legislators (EU AI Act implementation, national strategies)
- Journalists covering AI and technology
- Academic researchers in AI ethics, psychology, and social science
- Alesvia's own initiatives — providing the evidence base for all our work
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Alesvia Watch is in the planning phase. If you are a researcher, journalist, or policymaker who needs current data on AI's impact on human autonomy, get in touch.
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