It's a good question.
I think this is an ongoing process. I don't think democratic consultation is a single moment. It needs to be embedded in our democratic process, which it is currently not sufficiently in my view. I wish we had started this five years ago, of course. It's not too late, though. These legislative measures—the ones I spelled out specifically in my contribution—could be done quickly and efficiently, and they would have a meaningful impact. Therefore, I would say yes to meaningful consultation beginning as soon as possible. I think the task force was a form of meaningful consultation; it just wasn't sufficient. There are all sorts of ways we need to do this.
At the same time, we need to put in place the baseline legislative measures that will allow us to minimize what I think are the clear, current risks and harms of these technologies. Doing those two things together, to me, is a bare minimum for a national AI strategy that takes the democratic implications of these technologies seriously.
