The Wrong Default

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The first three essays offer different ways into the argument. Read the one closest to your work, then follow the question further.

01

What is the difference between passing an audit and being governed?

Governance Theater

Why the most dangerous AI governance is the kind that passes every audit.

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03

What did you inherit from your vendor?

What Your AI Contract Doesn't Cover

The enterprise terms you signed with your AI providers protect your prompts and outputs. They say much less about what those providers can observe in everything else.

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04

Where does the person who made the call go when it goes wrong?

The Sentence With No One in It

When a decision goes wrong, the person who made it is often the first thing to disappear. They disappear from the sentence before they disappear from anything else.

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05

Does the owner actually have the power to stop it?

You Do Not Own It Unless You Can Stop It

Three quarters say their CEO owns AI. Under a quarter say the CEO or executive committee is accountable. Two thirds of technology chiefs answer for AI they cannot control.

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