The value question
What is ungoverned AI costing you?
An illustrative model with your numbers — not a quote, not a benchmark. The real version is the value ledger your program runs at the gates: value counted only once proven.
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The cost ledger — yours.
Exposure on exceptions / yr—
Audit drag / yr—
Rework cost / yr—
Ungoverned exposure / yr—
Illustrative: exceptions cost 25% of value at stake; an audit person-day at $850; rework at 12% of decision value. Adjust freely — the model is the point, not the constants. Real verdicts come from the value ledger at G5 — measured, on the record — not from this sketch.
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The value ledger — what the gates make countable.
G1
Hypothesis
Every use case enters with a value hypothesis — written, owned, dated.
G2
Baseline captured
No improvement claim without an approved starting point.
G4
Verdict
Value is counted only once proven against the baseline — never asserted.
G5
Compounding
Sustain keeps the meter running — drift in value is an alert too.