Controls should match the stakes. In AI for Business Leaders, the Risk Ladder runs from Tier 1 (low) to Tier 4 (critical), so a meeting-notes summariser and a system that touches people’s jobs are not governed the same way. Throughout, AI recommends, humans decide.
How it works
- Name the project if you like, then answer seven questions: what the AI does, who is affected, the worst realistic harm, the data it uses, whether mistakes can be reversed, its scale, and whether it touches decisions about people.
- You get its rung on the ladder with the reasons, and the safeguards to put in place. Each rung adds to the safeguards of the rungs below it.
- The rating is rule-based and runs in your browser; nothing is sent until you ask for the PDF. The safeguards are the tool’s suggestions, not legal advice.
The book goes further, with function-by-function playbooks and the 90-Day AI Leadership Playbook. AI for Business Leaders (Second Edition) is in hardcover on Amazon India. To talk to Vinay about your company, use the enquiry form on the AI for Business path.