Low-Friction Interaction
A condition of low-friction collaboration in which an AI-assisted task proceeds with few corrections, clarifications, or breakdowns. It denotes a graded smoothness of the working exchange rather than a single moment.
Operational Definition
Graded condition over a task or session, inversely indexed by the rate of repair turns (corrections, clarification requests, restarts). Lower repair rates indicate a smoother condition; it is rated or computed across the segment, not counted as one event.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Behavioral metric: repair-turn rate equal to (corrections plus clarification requests plus restarts) divided by total turns over the segment, optionally complemented by a post-task 1-7 perceived-smoothness self-report.