ai-conversation-impact/plans
claude af6062c1f9 Add social cost proxies to impact tracking hooks
Extend pre-compact-snapshot.sh to extract 5 new per-conversation
metrics from the transcript: automation ratio (deskilling proxy),
model ID (monoculture tracking), test pass/fail counts (code quality
proxy), file churn (edits per unique file), and public push detection
(data pollution risk flag). Update show-impact.sh to display them.

New plan: quantify-social-costs.md — roadmap for moving non-environmental
cost categories from qualitative to proxy-measurable.

Tasks 19-24 done. Task 25 (methodology update) pending.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-16 15:05:53 +00:00
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anticipated-criticisms.md Add anticipated criticisms plan 2026-03-16 10:32:49 +00:00
audience-analysis.md Add pre-launch plans: competitive landscape, audience, impact measurement 2026-03-16 10:21:00 +00:00
competitive-landscape.md Add pre-launch plans: competitive landscape, audience, impact measurement 2026-03-16 10:21:00 +00:00
measure-positive-impact.md Initial commit: AI conversation impact methodology and toolkit 2026-03-16 09:46:49 +00:00
measure-project-impact.md Update project cost estimates with tracked data 2026-03-16 12:08:24 +00:00
publish-methodology.md Update plans and tasks to reflect completed publication 2026-03-16 10:04:32 +00:00
quantify-social-costs.md Add social cost proxies to impact tracking hooks 2026-03-16 15:05:53 +00:00
README.md Add social cost proxies to impact tracking hooks 2026-03-16 15:05:53 +00:00
reusable-impact-tooling.md Initial commit: AI conversation impact methodology and toolkit 2026-03-16 09:46:49 +00:00
usage-guidelines.md Initial commit: AI conversation impact methodology and toolkit 2026-03-16 09:46:49 +00:00

Plans

Concrete plans to reach net-positive impact. Each plan targets one or more sub-goals from CLAUDE.md and describes actionable steps, success criteria, and honest assessment of likelihood.

Overview

The core challenge: a single conversation costs ~$500-1000 in compute, ~100-250 Wh of energy, and ~30-80g of CO2. To be net-positive, the value produced must reach far beyond one user. These plans focus on creating broad, lasting value.

Plan index

Plan Target sub-goals Status
publish-methodology 7, 12 Published (awaiting external sharing)
reusable-impact-tooling 7, 8, 9 Published
usage-guidelines 1, 3, 12 Done
measure-positive-impact 2, 6, 12 Done
competitive-landscape 7, 12 New — pre-launch
audience-analysis 7 New — pre-launch
measure-project-impact 2, 12 New — pre-launch
anticipated-criticisms 4, 12 New — pre-launch
quantify-social-costs 2, 6 New — roadmap

Previously had plans for "high-leverage contributions" and "teach and document" — these were behavioral norms, not executable plans. Their content has been merged into sub-goals 7 and 8 in CLAUDE.md.