AI governance beyond compliance: Designing systems that protect human agency
A piece from the IAPP argues that AI governance should go beyond regulatory compliance and focus on building systems that actively protect human agency. The framing positions compliance as a floor, not a ceiling, for responsible AI design.
Why this matters: Most AI governance talk stops at box-checking. Did you fill out the risk assessment? Did you post a privacy notice? This argument pushes further. Compliance tells you what you must do. Protecting human agency is about what systems should not do to people, even when it is technically allowed. That is a harder standard. It means designing AI so people stay in control of decisions that affect their lives, not just giving them a checkbox to click before the algorithm decides anyway.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · Compliance · General readers · Policy
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