AI will allow systems and businesses to become much more complex (to the point that it exceeds the capacity of the human mind to comprehend). The nature of
this increased complexity is also self-perpetuating and although it might appear as simplifcation, it could well introduce ‘technical debt’. Embedding controls in a system to mitigate technical debt after its implementation is typically far more costly than designing in the right controls at the start. Opportunities to build risk and control consideration by design will inevitably diminish over time and hence now is an optimal time to consider taking a positive and dynamic approach to building in control.