2026-08-31

We talk about “human-in-the-loop” AI as though there is a human sitting somewhere waiting to press Approve.

Organisations don’t really work like that.

Sometimes Alice can make the decision.

Sometimes Alice or Bob can.

Sometimes everyone needs to agree.

Sometimes you need two out of three.

Sometimes the person being asked depends entirely on what is being requested.

That isn’t an approval button.

It’s an organisational decision structure.

If AI is going to operate inside organisations, perhaps human-in-the-loop needs to start modelling how organisations actually make decisions.