Skip to main content

Foundations · Video available

Human centricity and AI

What “human in the loop” means, why human review matters, how hallucinations happen, and where your judgment stays essential.

Crystal GoldmanWriting Programs Librarian
Keefe ReuterAssistant Teaching Professor, Department of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution

Test your knowledge

Select an answer to see Correct or Incorrect and an explanation. Dismiss the popup to continue. Your score counts your first answer to each question; you can try again.

Your answers and progress are saved only in this browser. Clearing browser data removes them.

1. What does “human in the loop” mean?

2. Why does human review matter?

3. What is a hallucination?

4. When should you rely on your own judgment?

For team meetings

Discussion topics

  • Discuss where human review is most important in your workflow.
  • Identify one example where AI output should not be used without verification.
  • Share how your team could build human review into AI-assisted work.

Up next

Sustainability and AI

The environmental footprint of AI, and the choices UC San Diego makes to align AI infrastructure with sustainability commitments.

Foundations · Video available

Go to next lesson