Human-on-the-loop
A setup where an agent acts on its own while a person watches and can step in or stop it.
The person owns the outcome and is responsible for it being done correctly; the agent owns the steps, and the person watches, checks the completed work and can step in or stop it.
Also called
- HOTL
- Supervisory control
Kind of
- Human oversight Human involvement in an AI process to monitor, govern or stop it, before it acts, after it acts, or only for certain actions.
The other half
- Human-in-the-loop A setup where a person approves each action before it happens.
- Human-out-of-the-loop A setup where an AI system or agent runs with no person watching, reviewing or approving its work.
Related
- Software factory A software development pipeline where people supply the instructions and checks, and agents do most of the building, testing and fixing.
- Kill switch A control that stops an agent or model at once.
- AI brain fry Mental fatigue from guiding, steering and overseeing more AI tools and output than you can handle.
How it connects
- Human-on-the-loop watches and can stop Agent
- Agent manager works as the Human-on-the-loop