Dr. Patrick Moran:

The message we were getting back from people after we published the guidelines was there was a big appetite within Departments was to get guidance and steer on how they should be using it. There was a lot of interest in getting it up and running. The feedback we got was that the guidelines were very useful in that regard. However, each case involving the use of AI across the various sectors is different. They are not the same; it is not a case of one size fits all. The canvas and the decision framework are all about getting people thinking about the particular sector they are in, whether it is agriculture, social protection or whatever, and the complexities and risks involved. Organisations need to think about how can they add AI in the best way to add value in the context of what they are doing rather than just using it for the sake of it or to do what those in other sectors are doing. Having a space where people from different Departments can share that knowledge and build their own AI-use cases and deploy them shows the strength of having the central guidance.