AI as an Accountable Entity: Governing Risk When Machines Make Decisions
Pavithra Pradip
BSidesSF 2026 · Day 1 · AMC Theatre 03
Pavithra Pradip’s talk, "AI as an Accountable Entity: Governing Risk When Machines Make Decisions," addresses a critical and rapidly escalating challenge in modern technology: the governance of Artificial Intelligence systems that make autonomous decisions. As AI transitions from being merely a tool or feature to becoming a distributed decision engine, traditional oversight mechanisms designed for human-centric processes or predictable software fall short. The core problem highlighted is the subtle, often unalarming failure modes of AI—such as drift, bias, and unfairness—which can have significant real-world impacts without clear accountability.
AI review
A competent GRC practitioner applying existing frameworks to AI — but the content is surface-level, the 'framework' is conceptual scaffolding dressed as a methodology, and nothing here requires BSides to hear it. This is a LinkedIn article with slides.