Disproportionate Small Utility
A small, everyday AI intervention whose practical usefulness is disproportionately large relative to the minimal effort or input it required, observed in routine tasks.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence is coded when a low-effort request (short prompt, single turn) yields an output the user marks as highly useful or time-saving, producing a high benefit-to-effort contrast for that exchange. The user's usefulness acknowledgement on a low-effort turn is the countable marker.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Benefit-to-effort rating per flagged exchange: user rates perceived usefulness (1-7) and input effort (1-7); the event is indexed by a high-usefulness/low-effort combination; report the proportion of low-effort exchanges rated highly useful, with optional time-saved estimate in minutes.