Human Checkpoints Are Control Surfaces, Not Bureaucracy
Place human review at the point of irreversible risk rather than everywhere.
Oversight works when it is anchored to a real decision boundary. Why this pattern works NIST emphasizes human roles and responsibilities in operational AI. That becomes useful in workflow design when the person intercepts a consequential action, not when they blindly review every draft. What to design explicitly A good checkpoint has a trigger, an owner, and a review question. Without those three, the process becomes either rubber-stamping or bottleneck theater. What to avoid Do not confuse “human somewhere in the loop” with meaningful oversight. A person without a clear decision to make is not a control.
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