human-in-the-loop
a system design where humans review and approve AI decisions
human-in-the-loop in a sentence
“Human-in-the-loop review catches AI mistakes before they affect customers.”
Origin of human-in-the-loop
human + in the loop (from control systems terminology)
Related Words
autonomy calibration
matching AI independence level to task clarity and risk
iterative refinement
progressively improving outputs through cycles of generation and feedback
verification partnership
collaboration where humans verify AI outputs and AI explains its reasoning
task decomposition
breaking complex problems into smaller subtasks for AI to handle sequentially
prompt chaining
using the output of one prompt as input to another in sequence
scaffolding
providing structure and support to guide AI toward better outputs