Progressive disclosure: empirically motivated approaches to designing effective transparency

Описание: Progressive disclosure: empirically motivated approaches to designing effective transparency
Aaron Springer, Steve Whittaker

IUI '19: 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
Session: Evaluation of IUIs

Abstract
As we increasingly delegate important decisions to intelligent systems, it is essential that users understand how algorithmic decisions are made. Prior work has often taken a technocentric approach to transparency. In contrast, we explore empirical user-centric methods to better understand user reactions to transparent systems. We assess user reactions to transparency in two studies. In Study 1, users anticipated that a more transparent system would perform better, but retracted this evaluation after experience with the system. Qualitative data suggest this arose because transparency is distracting and undermines simple heuristics users form about system operation. Study 2 explored these effects in depth, suggesting that users may benefit from initially simplified feedback that hides potential system errors and assists users in building working heuristics about system operation. We use these findings to motivate new progressive disclosure principles for transparency in intelligent systems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1145/3301275.3302322
WEB:: https://iui.acm.org/2019/

Recorded at the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Los Angeles, USA, March 16 - 20 2019