01. AI Systems as Interventions

Draft lecture notebook.

This notebook will frame models, copilots, agents, routing rules, retrieval systems, and human-AI workflows as interventions that change user behavior, worker behavior, downstream data, and business outcomes.

Planned Coverage

• AI deployment as a treatment rather than only a model release.
• Units, exposure, outcomes, timing, and interference in AI products.
• Examples from copilots, support automation, ranking, RAG, and routing.
• Why causal estimands are needed before interpreting impact.