Human-in-the-Loop Is Not the Same as Judgment-in-the-Loop

hufdr 15 points 5 comments June 22, 2026
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Zaylan

That's what worries me about AI. Not that it will replace human judgment, but that it may gradually remove the friction that judgment depends on.

burnt-resistor

My main worry about AI is people misunderstanding its limitations and then deferring their subject matter expertise judgement to a hallucinating, amnesiac used car salesman bot. Or taking humans out of the loop such as orders for lethal systems to kill humans without rigorous intelligence.. a decade ago, US mil drones absolutely required an officer to give the command. Ukraine, modern NATO/US.. I'm not so sure that boundary is respected anymore. Judgment and responsibility cannot be outsourced morally/ethically in a multitude of situations. Perhaps it's fine if AI manages meeting schedules or decides what you're having for lunch.

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