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by roomey 13 days ago
We've started calling it "Human on the hook" instead of human in the loop in work.

It is more accurate, in terms of, it only matters when something goes wrong.

Edit:"On the hook" is a general expression that means if something goes wrong it lands on you as the responsibile party, generally in a negative way. As in, if it goes right, you don't get kudos, if it goes wrong, you're on the hook for it

2 comments

Employee Role: Blameable Component.
I initially read this as "Blameable Compost" and honestly I sometimes feel like that's how executives think of me, so it still is accurate
Employee Role: Meat Shield
And when was it not...
That's perfect, I will use that term from now on whenever somebody proposes any kind of automation and will see how often somebody will try to correct me.