{"id":1259,"date":"2026-05-24T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:32:42","slug":"human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs A Real Approval Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Human-in-the-loop AI only works when the business designs the approval path as carefully as the AI output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human review is not a checkbox at the end of an AI workflow. Human review is a control layer inside the workflow.<\/p>

The approval path needs owners, confidence rules, escalation triggers, source visibility, and audit history.<\/p>

A human-in-the-loop AI system should make judgment easier, not ask people to rubber-stamp unclear outputs.<\/p>

The strongest AI automation keeps people responsible for decisions while removing avoidable coordination work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Many AI automation projects say a human will stay in the loop, but the phrase often hides more than it explains. Who reviews the output? What information does the reviewer see? When can the reviewer approve, edit, reject, or escalate? What happens when the model is uncertain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If those questions are not answered, human review becomes theater. A person sees an AI output, but the workflow does not give that person enough context, authority, or time to make a real decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A practical human-in-the-loop AI system treats approval as an operating path. The system defines where human judgment belongs, what the AI system may do alone, and which conditions require a person to stop the workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human review needs authority, not just visibility.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Human review needs authority because visibility without control does not reduce risk. A reviewer should be able to approve, reject, edit, request more context, or escalate the output. If the system only shows what the AI already decided, the human is not meaningfully in the loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, an AI-assisted support workflow might draft a response. A useful approval path lets the support lead see the customer history, source article, confidence signal, escalation rule, and previous similar cases. The lead can send the response, revise it, assign it to a specialist, or flag the knowledge base as outdated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That approval path is very different from a system that simply asks someone to click approve on a generated answer. The first system supports judgment. The second system creates a fast rubber stamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulatory contexts increasingly treat human oversight as a formal control concept. The EU AI Act includes human oversight requirements for high-risk AI systems in Regulation (EU) 2024\/1689<\/a>. Most business workflow automations will not map directly to that legal framework, but the operational lesson still matters: oversight must be designed into the system, not assumed after launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A useful approval path has clear decision rights.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A useful approval path explains who can make which decision at each point in the workflow. The reviewer is not just a person near the process. The reviewer has a defined role, a decision boundary, and a clear next action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decision rights matter because AI workflows often create outputs faster than teams can evaluate them. If every output needs the same review, people become the bottleneck. If no output needs review, the business loses control. Better design separates routine outputs, uncertain outputs, risky outputs, and exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI Output State<\/th>Human Role<\/th>Workflow Action<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Routine and low risk.<\/td>Sample and monitor.<\/td>Allow automation with periodic review.<\/td><\/tr>
Missing context.<\/td>Request information.<\/td>Pause and gather required fields.<\/td><\/tr>
Low confidence.<\/td>Review before action.<\/td>Route to a qualified owner.<\/td><\/tr>
High consequence.<\/td>Approve or reject.<\/td>Require explicit human approval.<\/td><\/tr>
Exception or policy conflict.<\/td>Escalate.<\/td>Move to a specialist or manager path.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This structure keeps review effort proportional to risk. The business does not waste human attention on every minor output, but the system still protects decisions that need accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reviewer needs source visibility.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The reviewer needs source visibility because a human cannot approve an AI output responsibly without knowing what information shaped it. The approval screen should show the source record, retrieved document, confidence signal, missing fields, policy rule, or customer context that matters for the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where many AI workflows break. The system generates a confident summary, but the reviewer cannot see whether the model used current information. The answer may be plausible, but the reviewer has to open three other tools to verify it. At that point, AI has not reduced work. It has created another reconciliation task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same issue appears when data quality is weak. If source systems are stale, duplicated, or poorly defined, human reviewers spend their time figuring out which inputs to trust. Eckman Design covered that foundation in Data Quality Before AI Is An Operations Problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approval design should define when AI stops.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Approval design should define when AI stops because safe automation needs a boundary. The system should know when to proceed, when to ask for more information, when to route to a person, and when to refuse action until a higher authority reviews the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stopping rules are practical. A lead summary may stop when required qualification fields are missing. A support draft may stop when the source article is expired. A finance workflow may stop when the amount exceeds a threshold. A content workflow may stop when the output touches legal, pricing, or client commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stopping rule should not live only in a prompt. The workflow should enforce the rule with structured fields, permissions, review queues, and visible exception states. Prompts can guide behavior, but operating controls should sit in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audit trails make human review real.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Audit trails make human review real because the business can see what happened after the fact. The system should record the AI output, source references, reviewer, decision, edits, escalation, and final action. Without that history, the organization cannot learn from mistakes or improve the workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This does not need to become heavy bureaucracy. A small business can start with a simple approval log that captures the output, owner, decision, and reason. The point is to create enough history to improve prompts, source material, routing rules, and training over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audit trails also help teams decide where automation can expand. If reviewers approve routine outputs with few edits, the workflow may be ready for lighter review. If reviewers frequently rewrite or reject outputs, the team should inspect data quality, source coverage, or the decision rule before adding more autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design the loop before scaling the AI system.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A strong human-in-the-loop AI workflow should be designed before the system scales. The business should know which outputs need approval, which roles can approve them, what context reviewers see, how exceptions move, and how the workflow measures quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Name the decision the AI system supports.<\/li>
  2. Define what the AI system may do without approval.<\/li>
  3. Define the conditions that require human review.<\/li>
  4. Show reviewers the source context and missing information.<\/li>
  5. Record the reviewer, decision, edits, and final action.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This sequence keeps AI automation grounded in operations. The model becomes one part of a workflow that people can inspect, govern, and improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That is also why readiness work should happen before tool selection. Eckman Design covers the broader audit pattern in An AI Automation Readiness Audit Should Start With the Workflow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Human review should make the system more reliable.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Human review should make an AI system more reliable, not merely more defensible. A good approval path gives people enough context to make better decisions, catches edge cases before they become customer problems, and feeds lessons back into the workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The practical standard is simple. If a reviewer cannot explain why the AI output should be accepted, changed, or rejected, the approval path is not finished. The business needs a better loop before it needs more autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Eckman Design helps teams design AI-assisted workflows where human judgment, approval paths, and operational controls are part of the system from the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Human-in-the-loop AI only works when approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, source context, and audit trails are designed into the workflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[68,60,121,120,62,66],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-automation","tag-ai-automation","tag-ai-governance","tag-approval-workflows","tag-human-in-the-loop-ai","tag-operational-design","tag-workflow-automation"],"yoast_head":"\nHuman-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eckman Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Eckman-Design-913317988788314\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-featured.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Eckman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@eckmandesign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eckmandesign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Eckman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Eckman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cfa32ec7412d4f546a33e3a8f110ff1b\"},\"headline\":\"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs A Real Approval Path\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1255,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"AI Automation\",\"AI Governance\",\"Approval Workflows\",\"Human-In-The-Loop AI\",\"Operational Design\",\"Workflow Automation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"AI Automation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/\",\"name\":\"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Human-in-the-loop AI approval surface with source chips, risk indicators, approval choices, and audit trail markers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs A Real Approval Path\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eckman Design\",\"description\":\"AI Automation Software & Workflow Systems\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Eckman Design, LLC.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/eckman_design_twitter_card.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/eckman_design_twitter_card.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Eckman Design, LLC.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Eckman-Design-913317988788314\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/eckmandesign\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cfa32ec7412d4f546a33e3a8f110ff1b\",\"name\":\"Chris Eckman\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eckmandesign.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design","description":"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design","og_description":"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/","og_site_name":"Eckman Design","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Eckman-Design-913317988788314\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-featured.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Chris Eckman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@eckmandesign","twitter_site":"@eckmandesign","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Eckman","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Eckman","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cfa32ec7412d4f546a33e3a8f110ff1b"},"headline":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs A Real Approval Path","datePublished":"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/"},"wordCount":1255,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp","keywords":["AI Automation","AI Governance","Approval Workflows","Human-In-The-Loop AI","Operational Design","Workflow Automation"],"articleSection":["AI Automation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/","name":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs Approval Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-24T17:21:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-30T16:32:42+00:00","description":"Human-in-the-loop AI needs approval paths, confidence rules, escalation triggers, audit trails, and owners before automation can be trusted.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path-v2-featured.webp","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"Human-in-the-loop AI approval surface with source chips, risk indicators, approval choices, and audit trail markers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/human-in-the-loop-ai-approval-path\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Human-In-The-Loop AI Needs A Real Approval Path"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/","name":"Eckman Design","description":"AI Automation Software & Workflow Systems","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Eckman Design, LLC.","url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eckman_design_twitter_card.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eckman_design_twitter_card.png","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Eckman Design, LLC."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Eckman-Design-913317988788314\/","https:\/\/x.com\/eckmandesign"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cfa32ec7412d4f546a33e3a8f110ff1b","name":"Chris Eckman","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/"]}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eckmandesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}