Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)

Human-in-the-loop describes an AI system in which a person reviews or approves outputs before they take effect.

What is Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)?

Related models are human-on-the-loop, where people supervise and can intervene, and human-out-of-the-loop, where the system acts alone. The right level depends on the risk.

How it works

The system pauses for human confirmation at defined decision points.

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