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Human-in-the-loop

adj. Agents 2023

A setup where a person approves or reviews key steps before an AI system acts, especially for anything costly or irreversible.

“Payments stay human-in-the-loop: the agent stages them, I click approve.”

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Human-in-the-loop is on the Extended list: builder jargon, industry terms, and newer slang for when you want to go further. It entered common use around 2023.