Software that is perceptive notices slight changes in input or repetiveness.

Software that is perceptive improves the users speed and reduces errors as well as increasing delight.

For instance, perceptive software might understand that a 1% discount likely isn’t something that’s often wanted and would gently notify the user about that.

Software that’s perceptive is actually secretly interested in the user

Examples of software being perceptive

Gmail is perceptive that these addresses are often sent emails together so it uses that to anticipate the users needs.