When you create a group of experts whose expertise lies in telling other people how what they're doing is wrong, you create problems.
The experts need to justify their position by coming up with more and more reasons that people need to listen to them. People who are actually doing the work quickly become convinced that said experts are ignorant asses who don't know what they are doing. This automatically sets up grounds for conflict.
I agree that the ethics of AI is important. However I expect the best work to come from people who are experts in AI first, and only secondarily in ethics. And I expect that the self-appointed experts in ethics won't recognize this. (Particularly not when faced with anything that makes their position seem less important.)
The experts need to justify their position by coming up with more and more reasons that people need to listen to them. People who are actually doing the work quickly become convinced that said experts are ignorant asses who don't know what they are doing. This automatically sets up grounds for conflict.
I agree that the ethics of AI is important. However I expect the best work to come from people who are experts in AI first, and only secondarily in ethics. And I expect that the self-appointed experts in ethics won't recognize this. (Particularly not when faced with anything that makes their position seem less important.)