The Analytics Power Hour #292: AI Without Adult Supervision with Aubrey Blanche
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Mar 3, 2026 Aubrey Blanche, a senior leader researching AI ethics, equity, and human impact, joins to challenge AI hype. She reframes efficiency, warns about phantom value, and urges values-based governance. Short practical guidance covers who should decide AI risk, measuring harms early, and keeping human agency in AI-powered work.
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Use A Cross Functional Ethics Committee
- Form a cross-functional committee including risk managers, qualified ethicists, customer representatives, and technical staff to assess AI risks.
- Give any employee a clear escalation path to defer ethical issues to that council for debate and decision.
Practical Rules For Using AI Note Takers
- When using AI note takers, disable data training, verify security certifications, and gather informed consent from meeting participants.
- Blanche only uses note takers in non-sensitive meetings and announces the tool and opt-out option at the start.
Closer To Data Means Greater Responsibility
- Proximity to sensitive data increases potential harm, so responsibility must scale with access.
- Blanche notes data professionals already possess privacy hygiene from GDPR that maps well to governing AI risks.