Who Decides What's Critical?

Every autonomous system promises a human in the loop. The question no one asks is who gets to draw it.

One hundred and forty-seven to three.

That is the number I keep coming back to. It sat on the command dashboard of an autonomous business platform I was reviewing this week. 147 tasks completed today. 3 awaiting your approval. The banner above it read, with no apparent irony, total visibility.

I look at systems like this for a living. Operators bring me t…