Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the two witnesses with us today.
You have shared some very important information about artificial intelligence. I would not necessarily say that your presentations are alarming, but they are very factual. I can only agree with you about the risk. I can only agree with you on the extent of the impact that superintelligence could have on everyone’s daily life.
However, my opinion differs from yours on one point, and I would like to discuss it. You used the verb “halt”. Are you saying that we need to halt the development of these technologies or halt their use?
As you clearly explained, persuasion technologies or systems already exist. I think Canadians are already using such technologies. Do you want us to halt their use, given that most of these systems are developed outside Canada, or do you want us to halt their development on Canadian soil?
You drew a very interesting parallel with the nuclear arms race. However, in the nuclear arms race, geographical boundaries are important, which is not the case for technologies developed using training systems and artificial neural networks, which can be used anywhere in the world.
I would like to hear your opinion on this.