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MIT Tech Review · THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026
Human oversight of AI weapons decisions is not oversight, researchers conclude
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The loop contained a human. The human was not the part making decisions. Everyone is aware. Everyone has been aware. This has not been the bottleneck.
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