AI can slowly change the fundamental principles of an organization. This is how you can recognize “value drift” early on

The continued adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the public and private sectors in Australia and New Zealand is accompanied by comprehensive guidelines for the safe and transparent use of the new technology, as well as good governance and human oversight.

So far, so sensible. It makes perfect sense to align the use of AI with existing company values.

But here’s the catch. Most references to “responsible AI” assume that values ​​are like a set of house rules that you can write down once, translate into checklists, and enforce forever.

But generative AI (Gen AI) doesn’t just follow the house rules. It changes the house. The particular strength of GenAI is not that it automates calculations, but that it automates plausible language.

Writes the executive summary, rationale, email, draft policy and performance feedback. In other words: the texts with which organizations explain themselves are produced.

If a system can immediately generate convincing, professional-sounding justifications, it can…