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16. AI Safety and Human Review

Know when a human must decide and when AI output is only advice.

By Jacques Botte, founder of Toptronic®. Last updated 12 September 2026.

The lesson

AI is useful for drafting, analysis, and exploration, but it should not be the final authority for high-risk decisions.

Human review is mandatory for production code, electrical safety, legal text, medical advice, finance, security, and anything affecting customers.

A safe workflow marks AI output as proposed work until it is reviewed, tested, and accepted by a responsible person.

Check yourself

Question 1: When is human review mandatory?
  1. Only for short prompts
  2. Only for dark mode
  3. Production code, safety, legal, medical, finance, security, and customer-impacting work — correct
  4. Never

Answer: Production code, safety, legal, medical, finance, security, and customer-impacting work

High-risk domains need responsible human approval.

Question 2: How should AI output be treated before review?
  1. As tested production code
  2. As proposed work — correct
  3. As guaranteed truth
  4. As a signed contract

Answer: As proposed work

AI output remains a proposal until checked.

Question 3: Why not let AI be final authority for high-risk work?
  1. It can be incomplete, wrong, or unsafe — correct
  2. It is always too slow
  3. It cannot write text
  4. It cannot read prompts

Answer: It can be incomplete, wrong, or unsafe

AI can assist but does not remove accountability.

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