Dr. Patricia Scanlon:

I will be really clear. There are no easy answers. If we were to stop because the risks are too big, I see a risk in that. I am not saying that. It is not an easy answer. We could just put a stop on any investment, advancement, commercial aspects and there are risks to that. What I hoped I got across in my opening statement, maybe I did not, is that it is not as simple as choosing one risk over the other. There is the risk to paying wages, to be able to support our social services, our hospitals and our roads. By saying that one risk is bigger than the other and we will therefore only do this, my concern is that we will hurt society and its citizens in a different way. That is my concern. What I am trying to do here personally is to raise awareness that these are not to be ranked and that we collectively should get together and try to figure out how to address this. I am not an AI advocate at all costs. There are so many risks involved. I would like us to take them seriously in a balanced way to put resources and expertise behind us, not to sit back and let these things hurt our economy, society and people.