MIT researchers preview a chatbot transparency tool before the first message is sent
patpat_mit · x · 2026-07-22
MIT Media Lab researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn discuss work on AHA, a project aimed at steering AI systems toward outcomes that improve human lives and experiences rather than disrupt them.
The piece highlights a paper to be presented at IUI 2026 introducing “neural transparency” — a tool that lets users preview how a chatbot may respond before starting a conversation.
The MIT News discussion focuses on:
- what the user study found,
- why transparency matters,
- and what genuinely transparent AI might look like in practice.
Related event: MIT Proposes "Neural Transparency" to Preview AI Chat Responses(2 posts)→
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