arXiv:2606.10861cs.SEcs.AI2026-06被引 1

通过界面设计提升用户对大模型能耗的认知,引导节能使用。

From Perception to Action: Can UI Interventions Foster Sustainable LLM Chatbot

论文配图:From Perception to Action: Can UI Interventions Foster Sustainable LLM Chatbot
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  • 在聊天界面加入能耗模式切换和实时反馈,引导用户选择节能模式
  • 55.8%的对话采用节能模式,90.9%用户主动选环保模式
  • 适合关注可持续性的AI产品设计与人机交互研究者

基于77人的基线调查,94.8%受访者知晓AI能耗问题,但88.3%误判实际耗能;尽管环境关切高,仅39.0%愿为节能接受性能损失。在11人参与的五天实地研究中,节能模式占55.8%的请求,90.9%用户表示在无需高精度时主动选择节能模式。用户未缩短提示长度,表明模式切换是主要行为机制。该研究证明,面向可持续性的界面干预可有效提升能耗意识并支持更节能的交互方式。这些效果应被理解为行为与模型估算的结合,补充后端效率优化。提供的原型与复现包支持进一步探索能耗感知对话系统设计。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

LLM-powered chatbots are increasingly embedded in everyday workflows, raising sustainability concerns due to their energy use. Most mitigation strategies emphasize model or infrastructure efficiency, while the user-interface (UI) layer remains underexplored despite its potential to shape interaction behavior. We investigate whether sustainability-oriented UI interventions can increase users' energy awareness and encourage more energy-responsible chatbot use without reducing usability. We first conducted a baseline survey with 77 participants to assess awareness and receptiveness to intervention concepts. Guided by prior work on persuasive technology and choice architecture, we implemented a web-based chatbot prototype with a three-mode switch (Energy-efficient, Balanced, Performance), per-response energy feedback, pre-send energy estimates, a usage metrics dashboard, and energy analogies. We then evaluated the prototype in a five-day field study with 11 participants. In the baseline survey, 94.8% of respondents reported at least some awareness of AI energy use, yet 88.3% misestimated actual consumption. Although concern about environmental impact was high, only 39.0% indicated willingness to accept a performance trade-off for lower energy use. In the field study, Energy-efficient mode accounted for 55.8% of logged prompts, while 90.9% self-reported actively choosing Eco-mode when high accuracy was not required. Participants did not reduce prompt length, suggesting mode switching as the primary behavioral mechanism. Sustainability-oriented UI interventions can improve awareness and support more energy-responsible interaction patterns in LLM chatbots. These effects are best interpreted as behavioral and model-based estimates that complement backend efficiency work, and the provided prototype and replication package support further research on energy-aware conversational AI design.

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