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Different formats hide different depths
A two-page memo at one company and a forty-page assessment at another may reflect the same rigor or very different rigor. The documents do not show which.
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Different scope hides different exposure
In a summary, an entity that assessed one AI use case, a tool used for one purpose, looks the same as an entity that assessed all of its AI use cases, unless both are read in full.
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Judgment cannot be aggregated
Conclusions reached by different methods cannot be combined. Determinations reached by the same method can be.
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Diligence asks what was considered, and when.
That question can be answered, and it can be answered the same way across entities.