Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
I thank Ms Riordan. I will move on to my second question because I have only half my time remaining.
The second topic is about the things that keep us awake at night, which we talked about in the previous session. I have major concerns. Dr. Scanlon's introduction was interesting in terms of those benefits we see coming down the track in areas such as health but my concerns are that we are not ready for AI yet. As a society, we do not yet have the regulation, particularly around things like discrimination, algorithmic decision-making, some of the racial profiling that can happen and the racial discrimination which, essentially, is baked into some of the systems. There are plenty more areas of concern. Labour displacement is one of the others that has been mentioned. Dr. Scanlon is most familiar with the regulatory framework that is already in place and that is coming down the line. Of the big concerns we have, what are the ones Dr. Scanlon is most concerned the regulation will not capture? What are the ones that are not matching up with what we see in terms of regulation?
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