About the Human Clarity Institute
The Human Clarity Institute (HCI) is an independent research organisation that provides open datasets on how AI is changing human behaviour, based on population-scale, longitudinal measurement.
AI and digital systems are becoming embedded in how people think, decide, communicate, and relate to the world. As this happens, changes in human experience are occurring — often subtly, and often shared across populations.
HCI measures these changes directly, using structured, repeatable methods.
We conduct independent research that captures how people report changes in attention, trust, wellbeing, agency, meaning, and values as AI and digital systems become part of everyday life. Rather than inferring human impact from system behaviour, we measure lived experience directly and track patterns over time using consistent methods.
This creates a longitudinal record of how human behaviour evolves in response to AI — something that cannot be derived from system data alone.
Our work is published openly as datasets, data summaries, and research reports, creating a structured, publicly accessible record of how human experience is changing alongside AI systems.
HCI datasets can be used to evaluate how AI systems affect user trust, decision-making, cognitive load, and behavioural outcomes over time.
HCI does not prescribe solutions or advocate for specific technologies. Our role is to observe, measure, and clarify — so individuals, institutions, and those shaping AI systems can better understand what is happening and make decisions grounded in evidence.
The institute operates independently and with a commitment to transparency. All datasets are consented, methodologically documented, and publicly accessible.
At its core, the Human Clarity Institute exists to make human experience visible where it would otherwise remain assumed.
A long-term view
HCI’s work is ongoing.
As AI and digital systems continue to evolve, HCI’s research expands to document how human experience changes over time — capturing patterns as they emerge rather than after they have already been assumed.
The goal is not prediction or prescription, but continuity: a growing public record that helps society understand itself more clearly as technology reshapes everyday life.
Human Signal Lab
Human Signal Lab is HCI’s research capability for producing structured, machine-ready datasets designed for AI evaluation, product development, and alignment research.
The lab designs and deploys behavioural surveys to measure human internal-state signals such as trust, clarity, agency, reliance, and values alignment. Wherever possible, these measurements are aligned with HCI’s longitudinal datasets, allowing new findings to be interpreted against established baselines rather than as isolated snapshots.
This capability supports AI research, product evaluation, alignment work, and governance by providing defensible evidence of human impact that cannot be inferred from system behaviour alone.