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Lesson 4 • Governance
Risk Assessment: Bias, Harm, and Misuse
Governance should require a lightweight risk assessment before deployment—especially for anything that could affect people or resource allocation.
Key concepts
- Assess impact on individuals, groups, and public trust.
- Identify failure modes: hallucinations, bias, leakage, overreliance.
- Define ‘stop’ conditions (when not to deploy).
Practice Exercise
Pick a use case and list: top 3 harms, who could be harmed, and 2 mitigations per harm.
Template (copy/paste)
ROLE: You are my governance assistant. TASK: Create a one-page AI risk assessment. OUTPUT: Risks, mitigations, residual risk, go/no-go recommendation. CONSTRAINTS: If it affects individuals, require human review and transparency.
Governance note: policies should be enforceable, reviewed regularly, and owned by accountable roles—not “everyone.”