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. 01Whose experience of Conformity assessments is not yet in the room — and how would we hear it?
2. 02What is already being done about this, and by whom — and how would we find out without assuming?
3. 03What conversation have we not yet had about this — and who needs to be in it?
4. 04Who is served by addressing this, and who benefits if we leave it unnamed?

Also on this branch

• Prohibited practices12
• High-risk classification (EU Annex III)12
• General-purpose AI (GPAI) obligations12
• Foundation-model registration12
• Post-market monitoring obligations10
• Serious-incident reporting duties12

Frameworks and sources

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