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Consequential AI Trigger Check

A short triage tool for teams that need to know whether an AI use case has crossed the line from ordinary automation into consequential-decision risk.

3-4 minute run 10-question screen Browser-only
  • Checks whether your AI use case now needs stronger human review, documentation, and impact discipline.
  • Flags material risk factors around rights, outcomes, appeal, disclosure, and sensitive data.
  • Includes a Colorado-specific routing module without turning the tool into a pseudo-legal calculator.
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Free triage layer
Human oversight checkpoint before a consequential AI decision
Built for product, compliance, privacy, and risk leads reviewing higher-impact AI use cases.
Question 1 of 10

Informational only. Not legal advice. This tool does not determine compliance, legal applicability, safe harbor, or affirmative defense under any law or regulation.
Result state A

Low trigger likelihood

The current use case does not look structurally consequential based on the answers given, but this is still a governance screen rather than a legal conclusion.

Final score
0
Out of 120
Critical triggers
0
Override conditions hit
Recommended state
Low trigger likelihood
Operational recommendation

Top reasons this result escalated

These are the main answers pushing the use case toward stronger review, documentation, or formal impact discipline.

Human-review warning

Human review status will appear here.

    Colorado mode

    Your answers suggest Colorado-specific review may be relevant. That does not mean the Colorado AI Act definitely applies, and it does not mean any safe-harbor path has been achieved.

    Documented governance, meaningful human review, consumer-rights process, and alignment with recognized AI governance frameworks matter more than generic policy statements.

    Legal disclaimer: This tool is informational only and does not provide legal advice or a legal conclusion on Colorado AI Act applicability, compliance, or affirmative defense availability.

    Consequential AI needs documentation, not just confidence.

    AI Compliance Toolkit (ACT) Tier 2 Professional gives you the implementation documents, impact-assessment path, agentic governance materials, and operating controls this quick triage deliberately does not create. ACT Tier 1 remains the right next step when the use case looks lower-risk but the governance baseline is still immature.

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    What a higher result usually means

    A higher result does not automatically mean the project should die. It usually means leadership is treating a consequential AI use case like ordinary automation when it now needs documented review, stronger human intervention points, clearer disclosure, and a rights-aware operating model.

    Where the real exposure sits

    The structural risk is rarely the model alone. It is the combination of consequential domain, material effect on people, weak override rights, limited appeal, no disclosure, and absent review. That is why this screen weights human review and contestability heavily.

    Why the paid next step exists

    This free tool does not generate a FRIA, impact assessment, rights workflow, notice template, or evidence pack. That is deliberate. Those are paid implementation assets and sit inside AI Compliance Toolkit (ACT) Tier 2 so the free layer remains diagnostic instead of cannibalizing the product.

    Related Move78 resources

    Colorado AI Act guide

    See the directional compliance view and how framework-backed governance matters for higher-impact U.S. deployments.

    NIST AI RMF implementation

    Read the operational view of mapping governance, review, and evidence into a usable risk-management program.

    ISO 42001 implementation

    See how documented information, auditability, and management-system controls fit the paid toolkit path.

    Pricing

    Compare AI Compliance Toolkit (ACT) Tier 1 Starter and Tier 2 Professional before buying.

    Frequently asked questions

    What counts as consequential AI in practical terms?
    Consequential AI is not just “important AI.” It usually means an AI-assisted system can influence or shape a meaningful outcome for a person, customer, employee, applicant, borrower, tenant, patient, or other affected party. The closer the system gets to screening, ranking, eligibility, access, or adverse decisions, the more seriously it should be governed.
    Does this tool decide whether the Colorado AI Act applies?
    No. It is a trigger-screening layer, not a legal determination engine. It helps you identify whether a use case deserves deeper review, stronger documentation, human-review controls, and a formal impact-assessment path. Colorado-specific logic is directional only.
    Why is appeal or contestability treated as a major signal?
    Because once a system can materially affect a person, the absence of review, contest, or correction rights becomes a governance weakness. If the user cannot challenge or understand the outcome, documentation and oversight expectations rise quickly.
    Why does the tool not produce an impact assessment?
    That is deliberate. A real impact assessment needs structured scoping, evidence, assumptions, review ownership, and a retained record. This tool stays narrow so it can act as a fast lead magnet instead of replacing the paid implementation deliverable.
    Does this tool store anything I enter?
    No. The scoring runs in the browser only. Answers are not transmitted, synchronized, or stored by Move78. If you close or refresh the page, the run is gone.

    Informational only. Not legal advice. This tool does not determine compliance with any law, regulation, or standard and does not replace internal security, privacy, legal, or compliance review.