I can't speak for other members or for the intent of this task force.
What I can say is that comment in my submission was referring to ongoing consultative deliberative mechanisms. As we head into a world where our lives and our democracy are fundamentally upended by a technology—which I believe is about to happen—it is incumbent on governments to meaningfully deliberate on how those technologies will be used and integrated into our society with those who will be affected, not just those building it.
I don't think that, to date, the government has taken that seriously. I hope that part of a national AI strategy, which we may see soon, includes meaningful and required deliberative consultation as we move through this technological adoption together as a country.
