Lightning Talk: AI with Humans in the Loop: A Pragmatist's Guide to Results

Introduction by Bailey Reutzel, Strategy and Content, American Banker Live Media

Building an AI-native product for SMB underwriting taught us a simple truth: trust comes from collaboration between analysts and AI systems. This talk discusses practical steps to getting reliable gains. The secret: AI starts → analysts correct → AI learns—and repeats. This keeps analysts in control, writes back to your system of record, and compounds trust as correction rates fall. The result is more throughput, stronger auditability, and better decisions.