'Human in the Loop' and the Mirage of AI Content at Scale

When GenAI creates entirely original content, a human needs to check it. But a warm body isn't enough.

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There's a concept in machine learning called "human in the loop" or HITL. The term is usually used to describe the training of an AI model where a person guides that model on what data is important and reliable, increasing the chance the model will produce good results later when humans are feeding it prompts.

HITL is sometimes …