Quoting Jon Udell

# A quote from Jon Udell Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/28/jon-udell/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/28/jon-udell/) 28th June 2026 > **HumanAgent in the loop** I dislike the phrase “human in the loop” because it cedes authority to the machines\. Let’s flip the narrative\. It’s our loop, we work the same way we always have, now we recruit agents to join the team\. An agent\-assisted process need not be a black box that takes in prompts and emits features\. \[\.\.\.\] Let’s do agentic software development like that\. Not as a loop we’ve been excluded from, instead as one we invite agents into\. —[Jon Udell](https://blog.jonudell.net/2026/06/28/doctor-it-hurts-when-agents-create-unreviewable-prs-dont-do-that/),“Doctor, it hurts when agents create unreviewable PRs\.” “Don’t do that\.”