HAX Design Library

Interactive collection of the 18 Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction, with design patterns for applying them and examples.

Guideline 9

Guideline 9

Support efficient correction

Make it easy to edit, refine, or recover when the AI system is wrong.
Guideline 9 > Pattern 9A

Pattern 9A: Switch classification decisions
Guideline 9 > Pattern 9B

Pattern 9B: Rich and detailed edits
Guideline 9 > Pattern 9C

Pattern 9C: Undo automated actions
Guideline 9 > Pattern 9D

Pattern 9D: Do G9 through G15
Guideline 9 > Pattern 9E

Pattern 9E: Batch-editing data

Guideline 11

Guideline 11

Make clear why the system did what it did

Enable the user to access an explanation of why the AI system behaved as it did.
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11A

Pattern 11A: Local explanations
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11A > Example

Business Chat | 11A: Local explanations

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Guideline 11 > Pattern 11B

Pattern 11B: Global explanations
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11C

Pattern 11C: Present properties of system outputs
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11D

Pattern 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11E

Pattern 11E: Map user behaviors to system outputs
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11F

Pattern 11F: Example-based explanations
Guideline 11 > Pattern 11G

Pattern 11G: “What if?” explanations