Tool–Actor Diagnostic
This framework evaluates technologies by degree of agency: whether they merely execute instructions or begin to act as independent actors within human systems.
Choose an experience
Explore cards in ranked order, or test your intuition by ordering a five-card hand from least actor-like to most actor-like.
Explore ranked cards
Tap a card to flip it. Scroll from low to high agency, or reverse the order.
Order the five-card hand
Drag cards to rank them from least actor-like to most actor-like, then reveal the result.