{"id":30,"date":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitoolkit.test\/guideline\/convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T02:55:44","slug":"convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions","status":"publish","type":"guideline","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/guideline\/convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Convey the consequences of user&nbsp;actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"toolkit-heading-with-image-block\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guideline 16: Convey the consequences of user actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png\" alt=\"green header bar\" class=\"wp-image-8814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-768x7.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1536x14.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-2048x19.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\" id=\"do\">Immediately update or convey how user actions will impact future behaviors of the AI system.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Help the user understand how their actions influence the AI system so they can more effectively interact with it in the future. For example, for an AI-powered photo tagging app, if the user starts to tag a particular person, show them how their input will impact other photos either before or after they act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use Guideline 16 design patterns to convey the consequences of user actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/pattern\/g16-a-feedforward-convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions-before-the-user-takes-action\/\">G16-A: Feedforward: Convey the consequences of user actions before the user takes action<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/pattern\/g16-b-feedback-convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions-after-the-user-takes-action\/\">G16-B: Feedback: Convey the consequences of user actions after the user takes action<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/pattern\/g16-c-remind-of-consequences-of-a-past-action-and-ask-for-reconfirmation\/\">G16-C: Remind of consequences of a past action and ask for reconfirmation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/pattern\/g16-d-convey-the-consequences-of-user-action-in-help-and-documentation\/\">G16-D: Convey the consequences of user action in help and documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediately update or convey how user actions will impact future behaviors of the AI system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"toolkit_pattern_number":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"application-type":[68,61,57,96,60,99,56,55,69,29,58,30,59],"goal":[114,123],"guideline-term":[18],"product-category":[71,70,23,64,62,26,66,28,65,31,32,63],"class_list":["post-30","guideline","type-guideline","status-publish","hentry","application-type-classification","application-type-facial-recognition","application-type-filtering-and-ranking","application-type-gen-ai","application-type-image-recognition","application-type-llm","application-type-natural-language-processing-text","application-type-natural-language-processing-voice","application-type-prediction","application-type-recommendation","application-type-route-planning","application-type-search","application-type-text-generation","goal-appropriate-reliance","goal-transparency","guideline-term-convey-the-consequences-of-user-actions","product-category-advertising","product-category-chatbot","product-category-e-commerce","product-category-email","product-category-health-and-wellness","product-category-navigation","product-category-media-entertainment","product-category-productivity","product-category-search-engine","product-category-social-networks","product-category-voice-assistants","product-category-writing-and-editing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Convey the consequences of user actions - Microsoft HAX Toolkit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Human-AI Interaction Guideline No. 16: Convey the consequences of user actions. 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