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Agent output can overwhelm human decision-making

Maggie Appleton argues that large amounts of text suit agent output but are difficult for people to digest when making informed decisions.

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Design Engineering with Maggie Appleton

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agents love to output reams and reams of text. And that's an ideal output for agents, but it is not an ideal input for humans. So we have a mismatch with like, what do humans need to be able to digest large amounts of information and truly understand it and be able to make informed decisions?

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