arXiv position paper: AI agents push humans out of the loop
math_rachel · x · 2026-10-17
Rachel Thomas links 'AI Agents Push Humans Out of the Loop' (arXiv:2608.23642) by Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh and Samir Passi. The position paper argues human-in-the-loop oversight is not a simple fix: current agent design impedes effective oversight, and extended AI use degrades the cognitive capacities oversight relies on. It proposes design-level affordances and organizational protocols to support overseers' critical judgment and counteract skill atrophy, urging that overseer needs be treated as seriously as agent capability.
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