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Approach Intelligent Writing Assistants Usability with Seven Stages of Action

2023/04/06 by Avinash Bhat, Disha Shrivastava, Bhat, Avinash +3
Computer Science · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Natural Language Processing Techniques #Text Readability and Simplification #Topic Modeling

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2304.02822

openalex publication_date 2023/04/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Despite the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) as writing assistants, they are plagued by issues like coherence and fluency of the model output, trustworthiness, ownership of the generated content, and predictability of model performance, thereby limiting their usability. In this position paper, we propose to adopt Norman's seven stages of action as a framework to approach the interaction design of intelligent writing assistants. We illustrate the framework's applicability to writing tasks by providing an example of software tutorial authoring. The paper also discusses the framework as a tool to synthesize research on the interaction design of LLM-based tools and presents examples of tools that support the stages of action. Finally, we briefly outline the potential of a framework for human-LLM interaction research.

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