The Wrong Default

The Wrong Default

Governance Theater

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

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Thomas Tornatore
Jun 02, 2026
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Most organizations that believe they govern their AI have built the performance of governance, not the fact of it. The two are nearly indistinguishable from the outside, and often from the inside as well. They diverge at exactly one moment: when a deployed system produces an outcome someone has to answer for. At that moment, the published principles, th…

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