Automate vs. human judgment: LoA, HITL/HOTL/HOOTL, and reading deferral signals.

In Lesson 2.8 of GROW Course 2 (Discovery & Communication), Doug Liles works through it with you. A decision frame for what to automate, what to gate, and what to leave to a human.

What you'll take away

- Levels of Autonomy

- HITL / HOTL / HOOTL

- Deferral signals

Chapters

(0:00) Cold open & the promise

(7:54) Levels of Autonomy

(15:49) HITL / HOTL / HOOTL

(23:43) Deferral signals

(31:38) Drawing the boundary

(39:32) Worked boundary map

(47:27) The artifact & what to do Monday

Mentioned and cited

- NIST AI RMF 1.0 (2023)

Study guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free)

- https://fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessons/FDE_Lesson_2_8

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.

Public release

This full FDE Certification audio lesson is available publicly as part of GROW by Good Combinator.

Continue in GROW Skills Library: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/library

Episode metadata

Show: GROW by Good Combinator

Course: Course 2 - Discovery & Communication

Lesson: 2.8

Season/Episode: 2/8

Runtime: 55:22

Access label: public-full-lesson

Source channel: spotify

Source audio: app/lessons/assets/course-2/2.8/2.8 Deep Dive Audio.m4a

Taxonomy: Domain=Discovery & Communication; Career stage=Junior FDE; Skill level=Foundations; Asset type=Lesson; Outcome=Communicate

CRM events: course_started, lesson_completed, cert_enrolled

Transcript and accessibility

Final transcript required before launch: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/courses/course-2/lesson-2.8/transcript

Accessibility requirement: reviewed audio, clear title, descriptive show notes, and transcript availability before launch.

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM and disclosed here.

Credits

Host: Doug Liles

Producer: Good Combinator

Audio: NotebookLM AI narration (disclosed)