Dr. Patricia Scanlon:

I am not here to say that we need to do this. I am not here as the AI master; I am the chair of the AI council. That is not my philosophy. I do not think we should do this at all costs. We need to invest resources, we need task forces, we need experts and we need to collaborate with European colleagues to solve this in a way that means Ireland and Europe do not lose out, fall behind or become beholden to the US or Chinese Governments. We should not have to take other people's AI because they did not slow down. It is not easy but it is a balancing act we must face up to.

Again, I am not an AI advocate at all costs.