---
id: "quote-human-bottleneck"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:16:55"]
tags: ["agentic-workflows", "automation"]
related: ["claim-human-handoffs-bottleneck"]
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
sources: ["s44-claude-mythos"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s44-claude-mythos"
originDay: 44
---
# Humans as Bottlenecks

> **"If you are depending on humans and human handoffs as a key part of your agentic software development pipeline, you're in trouble."**
>
> — [[entity-nate-b-jones|Nate B. Jones]], 00:16:55

## Context

A stark warning that traditional human-in-the-loop quality control processes will break down and bottleneck the velocity of next-generation AI agents (see [[claim-human-handoffs-bottleneck]]).

## Connected ideas

- Claim: [[claim-human-handoffs-bottleneck]]
- Concept: [[concept-single-eval-gate]]
- Contrarian: [[contrarian-intermediate-testing-degrades]]
- Action: [[action-consolidate-eval-gates]]
- Prerequisite: [[prereq-agentic-workflows-d44]]