Fly-by-wire: Why AI governance is instrumentation, not insurance
A piece in HousingWire argues that AI governance should be understood as active instrumentation — ongoing monitoring and control — rather than a passive safety net organizations buy and then forget.
Why this matters: The insurance framing is the problem. Companies buy a governance policy, check a box, and move on. But AI systems keep running, keep changing, and keep making decisions after the paperwork is filed. Governance that works more like a cockpit — where someone is actually watching what the system is doing in real time — is a different commitment entirely. It means accountability has to be continuous, not just documented. That matters most to the people affected by AI decisions who never see the policy at all.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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