Humans in the Loop (Thought Piece) There’s a myth that automation is about replacing people. But the best automation projects I’ve seen? They put humans at the center. Think about it: A machine can sort 1,000 items an hour. But a human can see context, spot the one “strange” item, and ask why. Software can flag a late delivery. But only a human can call the customer and preserve the relationship. The real power is in humans + machines, not humans vs. machines. In African workplaces, this balance is even more critical. Culture values community and human connection. If you try to remove people entirely, you risk destroying trust. But if you empower people with automation — so they stop chasing signatures and start solving problems — morale rises, not falls. Ethically, too, automation must not strip dignity. It should free people from drudgery, while keeping them part of the decision-making loop. 💡 The best automation doesn’t ask: “How do we replace humans?” It asks: “How do we make humans stronger?”
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4wFrom all these things, we can understand only one truth that human beings are deeply afraid of being alone. They always want to keep themselves occupied with something or the other. If a person sits quietly, he will have to face the emptiness within, and that is difficult. So, the easiest way is to keep working continuously until death. AI will do in the future what we are doing today. It will free us from routine work. The reason we work now is so that society can function. But AI is going to redefine society itself creating a condition where we may either do something entirely different, or perhaps do nothing at all. The meaning of resources, of money, and of everything we value is going to change. Instead of fearing AI, we should focus on those things that AI cannot do. The people who will face the greatest difficulty in this era will be those who rely only on rote learning, repeating like parrots.