You are giving the stated purpose of this panel too much credit. It’s not there to make “progress”. It’s not going to publish public critiques of Google’s work

You are giving the stated purpose of this panel too much credit. It’s not there to make “progress”. It’s not going to publish public critiques of Google’s work or change management’s mind about strategic decisions. The panel is a PR artifact Google can point to and say “see, we have an ethics panel with these recognizable names on it!”