HAX Design Library

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

AlphaCode | 11A: Local explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11A > Example

Copilot in Excel | 11A: Local explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11A > Example

Business Chat | 11A: Local explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11A > Example

Pinterest | 11A: Local explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11B

Pattern 11B: Global explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11B > Example

D365 Marketing | 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 11D > Example

AlphaCode | 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11D > Example

Gmail | 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11D > Example

Sentiment Analysis | 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 11F > Example

Image recognition | 11F: Example-based explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11F > Example

Computer Vision | 11F: Example-based explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11G

Pattern 11G: “What if?” explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11G > Example

Copysmith | 11G: “What if explanations”

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11G > Example

Jasper.ai | 11G: “What if?” explanations

Guideline 11 > Pattern 11G > Example

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

Guideline 11

Make clear why the system did what it did

Pattern 11A: Local explanations

AlphaCode | 11A: Local explanations

Copilot in Excel | 11A: Local explanations

Business Chat | 11A: Local explanations

Pinterest | 11A: Local explanations

Pattern 11B: Global explanations

D365 Marketing | 11B: Global explanations

Pattern 11C: Present properties of system outputs

Pattern 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

AlphaCode | 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

Gmail | 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

Sentiment Analysis | 11D: Map system input attributes to system outputs

Pattern 11E: Map user behaviors to system outputs

Pattern 11F: Example-based explanations

Image recognition | 11F: Example-based explanations

Computer Vision | 11F: Example-based explanations

Pattern 11G: “What if?” explanations

Copysmith | 11G: “What if explanations”

Jasper.ai | 11G: “What if?” explanations

Grammarly | 11G: “What if?” explanations