In the hierarchy

1. Part III: Governance, Power & Existential Concerns
2. D18. Governance & Regulation
3. 18.2 Risk-tier & assurance regimes

Virtues and principles to explore

Held as inquiry, not as a verdict.

• Accountability

  Trust

  Name who holds the consequence before it is needed.

• Prudence

  Excellence

  Small, reversible steps before irreversible ones.

• Unity

  Unity

  Many perspectives, one shared picture.

Starter questions

Written to probe curiosity and learning, not accusation.

1. 01What would trustworthiness look like here: what we do, what we say, and the belief others form?
2. 02What would it look like if we held “Prohibited practices” with proportion rather than alarm?
3. 03If we named this complication in advance, what small, reversible step would let us learn?
4. 04How would we know we were getting this wrong? What would we observe, without blaming a person?

Also on this branch

• High-risk classification (EU Annex III)12
• General-purpose AI (GPAI) obligations12
• Foundation-model registration12
• Conformity assessments12
• Post-market monitoring obligations10
• Serious-incident reporting duties12

Frameworks and sources

• EU AI Act — high-level summaryregulation
• NIST AI RMFframework
• ISO/IEC 42001standard