https://mariothomas.com/tags/the-great-remaking/Recent content in The-Great-Remaking on Mario ThomasHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbSun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://mariothomas.com/blog/ethical-ai-inherited-values/Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://mariothomas.com/blog/ethical-ai-inherited-values/<p>A foundation model arrives carrying a value system its provider built: what it refuses, how it frames a sensitive subject, how it resolves a question with reasonable views on either side. That standard, not the organisation&rsquo;s, is the one in force, and it changes with each model version without the Board&rsquo;s consent. System prompts, retrieval, guardrails, and fine-tuning constrain the imported standard but cannot re-author it. Organisations can choose to accept the provider&rsquo;s ethics, reject the deployments where it bears on people, or build alignment the organisation owns. This article sets out how a Board makes that choice, deployment by deployment.</p>