
The New Bottleneck: Why Human in the Loop Doesn’t Scale
Human in the loop is supposed to keep AI output in check. But output grows exponentially, human review capacity doesn’t. The result isn’t a safety net, it’s a bottleneck.
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Human in the loop is supposed to keep AI output in check. But output grows exponentially, human review capacity doesn’t. The result isn’t a safety net, it’s a bottleneck.
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