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In order to understand the likelihood of success, the user wants to know how effective the algorithm is before initiating an operation. 

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The algorithm may take a while to deliver a result. While this is happening, the user wants to know what is taking place.

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If the AI in a system generates inaccurate results causing confusion or offense (or otherwise unsettling the user), the user wants to know that this is a possibility. 

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A user wants to be awed, wowed, and amazed by a piece of software and knowing how a system works can ruin the surprise of its success.

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Users with vision impairments want to understand what image content exists. The system designers want to facilitate this without manually tagging alt text for every image. 

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Users want to know what is being said in video content. The system designers want to facilitate this without manually transcribing all videos.

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Where there is a lot of body text, users with cognitive or literacy issues want to know what is contained within that content without having to read the whole text. 

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The user has submitted an image, sound clip, or video file for processing and wants to understand what effect the processing has had. 

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When confronted with an open-ended UI such as the text box of a chatbot, it can be bewildering for the user to know where to start.

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There are lots of potential conversational paths with a chatbot and sometimes the user will type something weird that breaks the intended conversation flow.