The Oversight Fatigue Problem: Why HITL Breaks Down at Scale and What Comes After

Human-in-the-loop wasn’t built for the scale of agentic AI. At high volumes, it leads to automation bias, alert fatigue, and shallow approvals that create real security risks. Instead of adding more checkpoints, enterprises need new models: consent-first governance, confidence-based escalation, and audit-over-approval systems. Otherwise, oversight becomes compliance theater.