Not All AI Needs the Same Level of Governance
Governance should scale with the consequence of failure, not simply with whether a tool is labelled AI.
The AI Consequence Ladder
Meeting summaries, internal drafting, customer support, decisions about people, autonomous agents and physical-world systems do not carry the same consequences when they are wrong.
Match controls to consequence
Consider the data, decision, affected people, permissions, review points, audit trail, fallback and stopping procedure before deployment. Higher-consequence use needs stronger controls and clearer accountability.