Do you know what a fall guy is? the answer is you. Why? Because when you're told that there is a human in the loop means... there is a you shaped person to blame. So, while you are working harder than ever, using the latest tools money can buy or tokens can build - someone has decided that you are responsible for all the downstream failures. It's as if shipping more, responding to customer feedback, product owner judgement calls, SRE reports from production at an ever increasing rate is not enough - they want you to review it all, and be confident (as the engineer/manager in the loop) that its "all good". If it isn't good, then you will likely be the human in the noose . The Fall Guy, A classic 1980s TV show: IMDB Any discuss a on how much we should delegate to AI tools degenerates to this well-meaning and slightly nervous statement: we should keep a human in the loop. We are trained Apes, yet we are meant to hang around waiting to be blamed. The orthodox positi...
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