A human approval step is often treated as a universal safeguard. Yet a reviewer may receive too much information, too little time, unclear responsibility or an output presented with unjustified confidence.
Meaningful human oversight requires understandable evidence, authority to reject or escalate, documented criteria and awareness of uncertainty. Otherwise, the human may simply rubber-stamp the system.
Revision history
Version 1.0 — 26 July 2026: Initial publication.