Agents Ask for Approval 20 Times a Day—Are You Still Reviewing or Just Clicking Yes?
Glittering812 · reddit · 2026-10-20
A Reddit discussion on human-in-the-loop fatigue: approval sounds like a good safety net, but when agents request confirmation 20 times a day, humans degrade into blindly clicking yes.
The author argues for risk-based tiers: payments, sending emails, and deleting files genuinely need confirmation, while low-risk actions like web searches or organizing notes don't warrant constant interruption.
Three questions drive the thread: which actions always require approval, which can run autonomously, and the honest one—are you actually still reading every request?
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