Procedural Collapse: A Structural Account of Disengagement in LLM-Assisted Writing
3.60T1 sourcearXiv cs.HC
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Published by arXiv cs.HC (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.17326.
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SummaryIntroduces the concept of 'procedural collapse': LLM writing interfaces compress an iterative process into a single output, shifting the writer's task to costly evaluation and producing shallow engagement. Proposes structural design interventions (decomposed interaction, default goal elicitation, single-level output) rather than relying on self-regulation.
Why it mattersOffers a named framework and concrete interface-level design moves to address why students disengage when writing with LLMs, going beyond the usual 'add more scaffolding' advice.
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