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In August, Solomon announced the government had signed an agreement with Cohere to identify where “AI tools can improve public services.”

Cohere’s reported connection to the U.S. AI firm Palantir increases the alarm. Led by MAGA funder Peter Thiel, Palantir sees the Canadian company’s models being deployed to Palantir customers, possibly including U.S. defence and intelligence agencies.

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[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If Canada had a national strategy group on achieving leadership in the arts, would you say 90% of members must be from outside the arts

First off, I would love to see that happen. But this question misses the point. Would "leadership in the arts" have a massive impact on tech policy, in the way that "leadership on AI" is likely to impact the arts?

They have an objective to provide an industrial strategy document.

Right, this is the problem - nowhere, to paraphrase Jurassic Park, are they asking "should we do this", and instead they're only asking "how can we do this". If the discussion of "should" is off the table, then there is no point in me continuing this conversation here.

You didn’t like the questions in the survey? They provided an email address to receive open-ended responses

The entire survey was open-ended responses - well, other than a (pretty generous) character limit on the input fields.

if Canadians don’t like the strategic guidance produced by any of these groups, they can pressure their representatives to shape the actual legislation around them.

There has been loads of pushback. I have yet to see this government budge.

Out of curiosity, what is the actual grounding of your beliefs about AI and AI policy?

What is the "grounding" of any belief about anything? That's a much more interesting question, one that AI boosters would do well to think more deeply about.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Okay... wow. I even pointed you to two government groups working on other sides of the issue, but you're just ignoring the overall government approach.

The government approach isn't perfect, but I don't have interest in arguing with someone focused on establishing an ideological position, going back to hyperbole again and again, and responding to a reasonable question with stuff stuff like this:

What is the "grounding" of any belief about anything? That's a much more interesting question, one that AI boosters would do well to think more deeply about.

We can just leave it as agreeing to disagree. No point wasting anyone's time.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Um, I'm not ignoring it, it's simply that the "overall government approach" has been clearly spelled out by the Minister of AI, who has said he will not "over-index on regulation".

That's why we haven't had consultations on any other aspect of AI, only how we can help the industry make money.

As for your question about the grounding of my "belief" about AI - what kind of answer were you expecting, or would you not have acted dismissively toward?