What You Need to Know
Oversight means a qualified person can review, override, and be accountable for an AI-assisted decision. It only works when that person has time and authority to disagree.
Why It Matters
Rubber-stamp review is the common failure mode: the human is present on paper but has no practical ability to say no.
Warning Signs checklist
- Reviewers with seconds per decision
- No documented override path
- Staff discouraged from questioning output
- Accuracy is never measured after deployment
How to Protect Yourself steps
- 1Define which decisions always require human sign-off
- 2Give reviewers realistic time and clear authority
- 3Log overrides and review them for patterns
- 4Monitor accuracy after launch, not only before
Quick Checklist
- Define which decisions always require human sign-off
- Give reviewers realistic time and clear authority
- Log overrides and review them for patterns
- Monitor accuracy after launch, not only before
Helpful Resources
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