The Spectrum of Control - Designing for Human-Agent Collaboration
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AI agents for coding, writing, and complex tasks can operate at radically different levels of autonomy. A one-size-fits-all interface -either full control or full delegation -fails both power users and newcomers. The best products support a spectrum of control: users fluidly shift between direct manipulation and agent delegation depending on the task, their familiarity, and their trust.