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Research from 40,000+ game simulations reveals that humans miss approximately 1 in 3 AI agent threats when serving as approval gatekeepers, with particularly poor detection of credential exfiltration (35% miss rate) compared to obvious destructive commands (11.7% miss rate). This findings exposes a critical vulnerability in human-in-the-loop AI governance: users experience permission fatigue under time pressure, struggle with obfuscated threats hidden in familiar commands like 'npm run,' and are forced to over-block legitimate operations, creating operational friction that could eventually erode security vigilance. For IT organizations deploying AI agents in development environments, this suggests that human approval alone is insufficient as a primary security control and must be complemented by stronger technical safeguards, activity monitoring, and sandboxing to prevent credential theft and supply chain compromise.