Which decisions should stay with humans
Human-in-the-loop is not fear; it is where you keep the brakes for costly risk.
Good candidates for automatic handling
- low-risk summaries, drafts, and organization
- reversible formatting or bulk rewrites
- repetitive tasks with clear checks and low failure cost
Better candidates for human confirmation
- external commitments, legal, medical, or financial wording
- deletion, payment, sending, or publishing
- high-privilege or cross-system actions
A simple rule
If one bad decision creates real cost and the system cannot reliably prove correctness, keep the final call with a human.