Interaction-Required Suggestions for Control, Ownership, and Awareness in Human-AI Co-Writing

Kenneth C. Arnold, Jiho Kim


Abstract
This paper explores interaction designs for generative AI interfaces that necessitate human involvement throughout the generation process. We argue that such interfaces can promote cognitive engagement, agency, and thoughtful decision-making. Through a case study in text revision, we present and analyze two interaction techniques: (1) using a predictive-text interaction to type the agent’s response to a revision request, and (2) highlighting potential edit opportunities in a document. Our implementations demonstrate how these approaches reveal the landscape of writing possibilities and enable fine-grained control. We discuss implications for human-AI writing partnerships and future interaction design directions.
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2025.in2writing-1.6
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Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (In2Writing 2025)
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May
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2025
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
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Vishakh Padmakumar, Katy Gero, Thiemo Wambsganss, Sarah Sterman, Ting-Hao Huang, David Zhou, John Chung
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In2Writing | WS
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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62–68
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Kenneth C. Arnold and Jiho Kim. 2025. Interaction-Required Suggestions for Control, Ownership, and Awareness in Human-AI Co-Writing. In Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (In2Writing 2025), pages 62–68, Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Interaction-Required Suggestions for Control, Ownership, and Awareness in Human-AI Co-Writing (Arnold & Kim, In2Writing 2025)
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