Authority is situational
The basis for AI authority should reflect the conditions that existed when the consequential action was permitted.
DCP message test
Can you explain why AI was allowed to act?
Knowing that a model was approved or that an AI system produced an output is different from establishing why an organization permitted an AI-influenced consequential action under the conditions that existed at the time.
DEFEND
Decision Control
Decision Control preserves the basis for authority.
DCP helps establish the level of AI responsibility appropriate to the situation and preserve the basis for why that control posture was applied.
Preserve the control record
Keep a stronger accountability basis than simply knowing that a model ran or had previously been approved.
Discuss one AI workflow
Bring one consequential workflow. We can examine whether the organization can explain why AI was allowed to act.