AI UX patterns / Uncertainty
AX-03 · Uncertainty
Show AI uncertainty as a question, not a percentage
The model is 73% sure about a tax category.
Don't show a percent. Ask the question that decides.


How to apply it
- Find the one fact that would settle the case, and ask for it.
- Offer the likely answers as choices, so resolving it takes one tap.
- Save questions for the cases that matter, or people stop reading them.
Where it breaks
When every row gets a question and people stop reading.
Related patterns
- Generic disclaimer · Name the specific uncertainty, not a general warning.
- Agent takes a money action · Money actions need a way back.
- Long AI wait · Show progress. Give control.
- Confident answer, no source · A claim without a source is a guess.
- All 10 AI UX patterns
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