InThree discussionclassifications of autonomous weapons systems, HITL means that a human must instigate the actiondegree of the weapon (in other words not fully autonomous). This is contrasted with human-on-the-loop,wherecontrol a human may abort an action, and human-out-of-the-loop,whereautonomous noweapon human action is involved. These classificationssystems were laid out by [[Bonnie Docherty]] in a 2012 [[Human Rights Watch]] report.<ref name=army />
*human-in-the-loop: a human must instigate the action of the weapon (in other words not fully autonomous)
*human-on-the-loop: a human may abort an action
*human-out-of-the-loop: no human action is involved
