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Moment 03 of 7 · 5 patterns · 5 written

Wait

“Is it still working?”

What people see while the AI thinks, and how time is made visible.

01Thinking and processing stepsMake 1 to 60 seconds of silence feel like progress, with steps people can open.ProvenWritten
02Streaming responseShow the answer as it is written, so waiting feels like reading.ProvenWritten
03Specific loading messagesSay what the AI is doing right now, not just that it is busy.ProvenWritten
04Long-running tasks and notificationsLet people leave a long task and be told when it is done.NewWritten
05Update mid-runLet people add to or correct the ask while the AI is still working.NewWritten

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Interaction patterns for AI products. Made in Hyderabad. Text and figures CC BY 4.0.

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