David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are moving into an era of cyber-surveillance and I do not see artificial intelligence mentioned anywhere in the Bill. We had a very interesting committee meeting two weeks ago about artificial intelligence so the Minister of State might not have a note now on it yet but this is a whole new area. The committee was told two weeks ago that artificial intelligence is developing faster than legislation can keep up with. It is the fastest growing technology on the planet and in history. I wonder whether we have captured the artificial intelligence material in this Bill in any way or whether it was considered when the Bill was being put together, because this is absolutely powerful. Further on we talk about the use of drones and weaponry and so on and obviously then whole cyber issue comes into it. This stuff is pretty scary. Has that been taken into account in this particular Bill and in this section?