Marissa Mayer

“We're not even trying to hide it, we think the human in the loop is a benefit,”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer said Dazzle openly views having humans in the loop as a benefit during the current transitionary period for AI agents.

“I understand it's a point of privilege, but I've had personal assistants for some time, and I know how I want them, and I know how I guide them.”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer drew on her personal experience with assistants to explain how Dazzle guides its contractors.

“Or they may never have gotten to a good solution.”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer noted an AI agent might never reach a good solution on certain tasks without human intervention.

“Within a few seconds, the human had things sorted out. Whereas an agent would have burned a ridiculous number of tokens,”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer contrasted how quickly a human contractor resolved a confused AI task with the cost of letting an agent attempt it.

“We're relying on the frontier models to give us good suggestions and a good candidate list, but we're checking that over to make sure that we're really delivering the type of service that we can stand behind,”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer explained how Dazzle funnels certain tasks to human contractors after AI models generate candidate lists.

“We generally are screening for people who we think are extremely discreet and have good taste and good judgment, both in terms of how they interact with our users, but just the ability to kind of forget and compartmentalize that information afterwards,”

Marissa Mayer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

Mayer described the qualities Dazzle screens for in contractors, including discretion and good judgment.