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Module 2
Practical Controls
Practical controls for the four moments where AI use goes right or wrong — before you paste, before you trust, before you automate, and when you set policy. Each one tells you what to check, and why, before you act.
Each control answers specific failures from How AI Fails, at the caution level The Risk Ladder assigns. The modes it addresses are linked on each card.
Module 2.1
Guard What You Share
What goes into an AI system may be stored, logged, or used for training. Know what is safe to share before you share it.
Answers: Data Exposure →
Begin 2.1 →Module 2.2
Before You Trust
An output can look correct and be wrong. Verify before the output reaches a decision.
Answers: Hallucination → False Precision →
Begin 2.2 →Module 2.3
Before You Automate
Automation is where AI risk changes category. A bad automated action can propagate before anyone notices.
Answers: Security Failure → Automation Drift →
Begin 2.3 →Module 2.4
Building a Small AI Policy
Three questions anyone in your organization should be able to answer: what is allowed, what is not, and who decides.
Answers: Authority Confusion & Bias →
Begin 2.4 →Together, these four controls form one repeatable decision process — apply it whenever you use AI, not just the first time.