AI governance

The Question Imagine it is Monday morning. You just became CEO. Your organization uses AI in multiple places. You have a team, a budget, and one week to implement real governance. You cannot do everything at once. What is the single rule you would implement first? Your Options A Human Review Rule AI never makes final decisions alone. Humans stay in the loop for all high-stakes decisions. A Transparency Rule Everything AI does has to be explainable. You can understand how it reached its conclusions. An Audit Rule Regular third-party checks on AI systems. External validation that governance is actually happening. A Deployment Rule No new AI goes live without formal approval. Every new system requires sign-off before launch. Your Response Should Include Pick one rule. (Only one. You cannot do everything in a week.) Explain why you chose it. What does this rule prevent or catch that the others do not? Give a concrete example. Use a case from class (State Farm, Watson, Sports Illustrated, Progressive Insurance, Hiring, Education detectors) or an example from your own experience. Show the tradeoff. What does your choice NOT address? What vulnerability remains? Why This Matters There is no single right answer. But your answer helps shape how you think about risk. Some of you will choose prevention (stop bad things before they deploy). Others will choose detection (catch problems early). Others will choose accountability (know who is responsible). All of those are legitimate governance moves. But notice what you are not doing. You are not waiting. You are not hoping the model works out. You are not trusting the data scientist alone. You are making a deliberate choice about how to control a risky technology. That is exactly what governance is. The Bigger Picture In your careers, whether you are running a company, leading a team, sitting on a board, or advising an organization, you will face this exact question. Please post your response by the end of day Sunday so that everyone has time to read and engage with one anothers thinking. You are expected to read at least two classmates responses and comment thoughtfully on each. In your comments, explain whether you agree or disagree with their choice, or how you would prioritize their rule differently, and why. This discussion is not graded, but the quality of your engagement will directly support your understanding of these governance concepts and prepare you for future applications.