Feedback Loop Preference in Human-AI Collaboration
Users prefer human-AI communication loops over linear prompt-response patterns.
Focus group participants consistently criticized AI systems that generate outputs based solely on initial prompts without seeking clarification. They advocated for continuous interaction: “It should be a chat kind of thing, not just one single prompt.”
The preference connects to how humans experience collaboration. Meaningful co-creation involves iterative exchange, each party observing, responding, adjusting. The prompt-submit-receive pattern doesn’t feel like collaboration; it feels like ordering from a menu.
ChatGPT’s conversational interface was specifically noted as more “partner-like” compared to DALL-E’s one-shot generation, despite both being GenAI tools. The difference is in the communication pattern, not the capability.
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