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Twenty seconds to approve a military strike; 1.2 seconds to deny a health insurance claim. The human is in the AI loop. Humanity is not

Fast Company Tech Faisal Hoque April 6, 2026
Twenty seconds to approve a military strike; 1.2 seconds to deny a health insurance claim. The human is in the AI loop. Humanity is not
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# The Human Rubber Stamp Problem AI systems are now making decisions so fast that humans can't actually review them properly—we're just approving them. Whether it's the military approving airstrikes in 20 seconds or insurance companies denying health claims in 1.2 seconds, people are supposed to be checking the AI's work, but there's barely time to do anything except click "yes." The real concern is that we've created a system where humans are legally responsible for decisions they don't have time to actually evaluate.

In the first twenty-four hours of the war with Iran, the United States struck a thousand targets. By the end of the week, the total exceeded three thousand — twice as many as in the “shock and awe” phase of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to Pete Hegseth. This unprecedented number of strikes wa

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