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What are some real world examples of human in the loop systems failing because the human stopped paying attention?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What are some real world examples of human in the loop systems failing because the human stopped paying attention?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
real world human in the loop automation failure operator complacency examples aviation autopilot Three Mile Island 737 MAX sourcesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
human automation interaction out of the loop failure examples Tesla Autopilot NTSB operator attentionGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

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Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence50%Reason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

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Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
real world human in the loop automation failure operator complacency examples aviation autopilot Three Mile Island 737 MAX sources Google ↗
human automation interaction out of the loop failure examples Tesla Autopilot NTSB operator attention Google ↗

Queries

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real world human in the loop automation failure operator complacency examples aviation autopilot Three Mile Island 737 MAX sources
OBSERVED
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—Consequence——1x
of 1
human automation interaction out of the loop failure examples Tesla Autopilot NTSB operator attention
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1