🧠 Issue #10 — Are We Outsourcing Our Judgment to Machines?

🔍 The Spark

We all love how AI saves time—auto-tagging emails, suggesting responses, and even flagging suspicious transactions. But one question lingers:

Recently, a study noted the rise of automation bias—where people follow machine recommendations without question—even when they’re wrong. It happens in medicine, finance, and everyday apps. Before we know it, we stop asking “why” and simply agree.

💭 The Insight

AI is powerful—but it's not infallible.
Humans have a rare ability: we can pause, probe, and push back when something feels off.

That’s why Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) systems matter. They require intervention at crucial moments—preventing mistakes, preserving values, and keeping humans in charge.

AI should amplify our judgment—not swallow it whole.

So yes, use the shortcut. Just don’t give up the steering wheel.

🔗 Curiosity Clicks

1. 🧠 The risk of outsourcing judgment to AI – Big Think
   Why taste, intuition, and independent thinking are becoming rare and valuable traits

2. ✅ Why AI still needs you: Exploring Human‑in‑the‑Loop systems – WorkOS Blog
   A practical look at why smart, safe AI depends on human oversight

3. 🧩 Outsourcing Intelligence: The Silent Cost Of Seamless AI – Forbes
   Which cognitive tasks remain worth keeping in human hands?

✨ Human Prompt

Next time AI nudges you with a suggestion—pause and ask:

🫶 Signing Off

Let’s make the future more human.
— Jesse