{"id":701,"date":"2021-05-13T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/?post_type=pattern&#038;p=701"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:49:48","slug":"g11-c-present-properties-of-system-outputs","status":"publish","type":"pattern","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/pattern\/g11-c-present-properties-of-system-outputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern 11C: Present properties of system&nbsp;outputs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"toolkit-heading-with-image-block\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pattern 11C: Present properties of system outputs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/yellow-header-bar-1536x14-5-23.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"problem\">Problem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The user needs an explanation for why the system did what it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"solution\">Solution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide users with a set of relevant system-output characteristics so they can understand what properties influence the system\u2019s behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"use-when\">Use when<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The output is complex or extensive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The system\u2019s output characteristics can be summarized in a human-interpretable way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The user doesn&#8217;t understand why the system took a specific action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The user wants to understand the system\u2019s logic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy or regulations require the system to make an explanation available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how\">How<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborate with an AI\/ML practitioner to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand which system-output properties are relevant to the user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Translate output properties into characteristics meaningful to the user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Show system outputs and their respective characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output characteristics may be independent of each other (e.g., retail prices) or presented relative to one another (e.g. an item\u2019s price is lower than another).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"user-benefits\">User benefits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enables the user to evaluate the tradeoffs that the AI system makes while deciding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enables the user to pick among system outputs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gives the user insights into the system\u2019s reasoning through output characteristics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhances user trust because of system transparency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"common-pitfalls\">Common pitfalls<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s difficult for the user to process the output characteristics because they are too many, too vague, or irrelevant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When presented relative to each other, the relationship between output characteristics is unclear to the user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":113,"template":"","meta":{"toolkit_pattern_number":"11C","ep_exclude_from_search":false},"application-type":[68,61,57,96,60,99,56,55,69,29,58,30,59],"goal":[114,126,123],"guideline-term":[13],"product-category":[71,70,23,64,62,26,66,28,65,31,32,63],"class_list":["post-701","pattern","type-pattern","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-reliability","goal-transparency","guideline-term-make-clear-why-the-system-did-what-it-did","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 v23.3 - 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