Talking about AI in the Dutch parliament
1 June 2026
I participated in the V-100, an initiative where a hundred young people put questions directly to the Dutch cabinet. The topic for our session: "the impact of AI on future generations."
I was struck by how many people from very different backgrounds cared so much about discussing this. But I was also struck by something less encouraging: the policy progression on AI's future impact is still in its infancy.
The MPs I spoke to were mostly aware that AI matters, but few had real depth or insight into what is coming. Most are generalists, which means there is currently no one in parliament with a Computer Science background or genuine domain knowledge on AI. This creates a vicious circle: the people who do have that background are often put off by politics precisely because it is too general and too consumed by party dynamics rather than problem-solving. We need someone in parliament who deeply understands AI. I might even consider doing this myself one day.
I think even the MPs in the digital affairs committee are grossly underestimating the impact of self-improving large language models over the next four years.
In the end, we came up with a broad, mostly non-political set of questions. I am very curious about the cabinet's response.
This slowness makes me think of Dario Amodei's post on policy on the AI exponential.