Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Sean Blanchfield:

Ironically enough, it is software engineers. Naturally, people in my industry are taking this technology and applying it to the first market they know, which is themselves. That is real and that is current. Entry-level programming jobs are largely replaced by AI now, certainly among the leading companies. The job of the software engineer has moved up to more software architecture. If you speak to many lawyers, you will find that the same thing is happening in law firms. Those are two obvious examples.

The quality of the technology is improving palpably month on month. We can see this in our own company. These are intense, information-work jobs. If it is possible to augment the work of a software developer or a junior lawyer, one can automate a lot of things. It is just a question of repackaging the technology in due course.

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