Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion

Mr. David Lee:

Our experience is very similar. Clients' focus at the moment is on understanding where they currently have use of AI and, as Ms O'Meara said earlier, in some cases that has been eye-opening for them insofar as it has been used informally in parts of the organisation. That has happened in a reasonably non-threatening way, but the initial focus is on only establishing their exposure register. For any regulation, if there is not appropriate enforcement, the strength of the regulation will suffer. To the comments that were made earlier, there is an expectation that, after enactment, when the body has been established, it should be appropriately resourced if we want to build trust in what we are doing. Moreover, from a national perspective, if we are seen as a location that takes seriously the responsibilities under the Act, that can only be a positive for people.

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