List of MicroSims

MicroSims are small, interactive educational simulations — each one focused on a single concept. They live under docs/sims/<sim-name>/ and are embedded into chapters via iframes.

Many AI/strategy MicroSims are shared with other textbooks (such as Tracking AI). Those live in the central shared-microsims repository and are mounted here as a git submodule at docs/sims/shared/. To edit a shared sim, change it in the shared-microsims repo (not inside docs/sims/shared/), then pull the submodule forward.

• AI Benchmarks Timeline

  

  Interactive timeline showing key AI benchmarks and when they were introduced.

• AI Capability Maturity Model

  

  Interactive visualization of five AI maturity levels from Ad Hoc to Transformative.

• AI Causes of Acceleration

  

  A causal loop diagram showing how AI feedback is accelerating AI progress.

• AI Concept Hierarchy

  

  Interactive vis-network concept map showing how AI, machine learning, neural networks, LLMs, generative AI, tokens, and context windows relate to each other.

• AI Doubling Rate

  

  Analysis of AI task completion doubling rate based on METR research.

• AI Flywheel

  

  An infographic MicroSim of the AI Flywheel causal loop.

• AI Governance Structure — Hybrid Model

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of a hybrid AI governance model showing decision authority at each level and how a tool-adoption request moves through the system.

• AI Pace Accelerating

  

  Interactive visualization demonstrating how AI capabilities are accelerating.

• AI Program Pipeline Report

  

  Interactive Chart.js dashboard for interpreting an AI program pipeline report to spot healthy stages and bottlenecks.

• AI Strategy Implementation Roadmap

  

  Interactive vis-timeline roadmap for a phased AI strategy implementation showing dependencies, owners, and sequencing logic.

• AI SWOT Analysis

  

  Interactive SWOT analysis diagram for AI strategy development with hover descriptions.

• AI Task Horizons

  

  Interactive visualization showing how long AI models can work on tasks based on METR research.

• AI Timeline

  

  Interactive timeline showing over 100 key events in Deep Learning history from 1935 to present.

• Anatomy of an AI Agent

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram showing the core components of an AI agent and how they connect.

• Anatomy of an Intelligent Textbook

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of the components of an intelligent textbook and how they work together to personalize learning.

• Autoregressive

  

  Interactive simulation showing how language models predict the next token using neural networks.

• Bloom's Taxonomy

  

  Infographic with infobox hovers showing layers of Bloom's Taxonomy.

• Book Generation Workflow

  

  Interactive infographic showing the workflow for generating intelligent textbooks.

• Book Levels

  

  Interactive visualization of five levels of intelligent textbooks from static to AI-driven.

• Build vs. Buy Decision Framework

  

  Interactive vis-network decision tree for tracing an AI use case through the build vs. buy framework to a justified recommendation.

• Center of Excellence Organizational Structure

  

  Interactive vis-network org chart of an AI Center of Excellence showing the role of each function and how it relates to the broader institution.

• CLD Viewer

  

  A generic vis-network viewer for causal loop diagrams (CLDs). Loads any CLD JSON file in the systems-thinking schema.

• Eight AI Forces

  

  Interactive infographic showing the four reinforcing and four balancing loops that determine whether AI capability runs away or stays in oligopoly.

• Exponential Growth Explorer

  

  Interactive p5.js explorer with sliders for doubling time and starting value to build intuition for exponential growth over 2-10 year planning horizons.

• Five Levels of Textbooks Progression

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of the five levels of textbooks, from static print to AI-driven adaptive, with the defining capability of each level.

• Four AI Futures

  

  Interactive chart showing four possible scenarios for AI development growth patterns.

• Gap Analysis — Current State to Target State

  

  Interactive Chart.js gap analysis comparing an institution's current capability to AI strategy requirements across key dimensions.

• GenAI Idea Funnel

  

  An interactive infographic showing the steps in managing a GenAI Center of Excellence.

• How Retrieval-Augmented Generation Works

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram tracing a student question through a retrieval-augmented generation system and why private document grounding matters.

• Interactive Idea Scoring Rubric

  

  Interactive p5.js rubric for scoring GenAI project ideas across five dimensions and calculating a composite score.

• Interactive Risk Register

  

  Interactive p5.js risk register for plotting institutional AI risks on a likelihood-impact matrix and spotting which need urgent mitigation.

• Learning Graph Taxonomy Structure

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of learning graph structure — nodes, edges, and taxonomy — showing how taxonomy groups organize concept clusters.

• Learning Graph Viewer

  

  Interactive vis-network viewer for exploring the course learning graph with concept search, category filtering, pan/zoom navigation, and live statistics.

• LM Arena Timeline

  

  Interactive visualization of LMArena benchmark rankings for AI models.

• MMLU Timeline

  

  Interactive visualization showing AI model progress on the MMLU benchmark.

• Moore's Law

  

  Interactive infographic showing transistor growth with linear and log scale views.

• Neural Network Learning Pathway

  

  Interactive diagram showing how training data flows through a neural network to produce model parameters, which are then used for inference.

• Porter's Five Forces

  

  Interactive visualization of Porter's Five Forces competitive analysis framework.

• Portfolio Balance — The Quick Win / Strategic Bet Matrix

  

  Interactive Chart.js matrix for positioning candidate AI projects across the quick-win / strategic-bet quadrants and judging portfolio balance.

• Power Wall

  

  Interactive visualization showing CPU clock speed evolution and the Power Wall phenomenon.

• Projecting AI

  

  Interactive visualization showing exponential growth of AI task completion capabilities from 2019 to 2030.

• Public vs. Private Knowledge Boundary

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of the boundary between public LLM knowledge and private institutional knowledge, and how RAG bridges the two.

• Sample Concept Learning Graph — Fractions

  

  Interactive vis-network learning graph for fractions showing prerequisite dependencies and why concept ordering matters for adaptive content sequencing.

• Sources of Algorithmic Bias in Education AI

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram tracing how historical bias enters AI training data, propagates into biased decisions, and where interventions can break the chain.

• Stakeholder Alignment Map

  

  Interactive vis-network map of stakeholder groups in AI strategy adoption showing each group's role, typical concerns, and engagement strategies.

• SWOT Analysis Framework

  

  Interactive p5.js SWOT builder for generating an institution-specific analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

• Technology Adoption Curve

  

  An interactive infographic visualizing the Technology Adoption Lifecycle Curve.

• Technology Hype Cycle

  

  Interactive visualization of the Gartner Technology Hype Cycle phases.

• The Adoption vs. Capability Gap

  

  Interactive Chart.js chart showing the widening gap between accelerating AI capability and slower institutional adoption, and why deliberate strategy is needed to close it.

• The Digital Divide in Education AI Access

  

  Interactive Chart.js chart of the dimensions of the digital divide in education AI access and the student populations most affected.

• The Idea Funnel — Six Stages

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram tracing an idea through the six stages of the GenAI idea funnel and what happens at each gate.

• The Institutional Agent Workforce

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of an institutional AI agent workforce showing each agent's user group, task type, and human oversight requirements.

• The Learning Data Pipeline — From Textbook to Personalized Plan

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram tracing data from a student's learning activity through xAPI and LRS aggregation to a personalized learning plan.

• The METR Task Horizon Timeline

  

  Interactive vis-timeline of METR task-horizon data points showing the pace and pattern of AI capability growth.

• The xAPI Statement Structure

  

  Interactive vis-network diagram of xAPI statement structure showing its required and optional components and how Actor-Verb-Object enables data aggregation.

• Tokenizer

  

  Interactive visualization demonstrating how text is tokenized for language model processing.

• Traditional vs. Alpha School Day Structure

  

  Interactive vis-timeline comparing time allocation in a traditional school day to the Alpha school model, showing which activities shift, disappear, or expand.

• Winner-Takes-All CLD

  An interactive vis-network causal loop diagram of the reinforcing and balancing loops that determine whether AI tips into a single dominant player.