Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion
Mr. Ronan Lupton:
If it is affecting their ability to earn a livelihood, which is another constitutional right, over and above the right to associate and dissociate, then there needs to be some level of transparency. Of course, with my other hat on, which is about the IP and commercial sphere, they are not going to disclose their algorithms, because that will blow a hole in their business model. There is that dynamic. The Deputy's first question was about the stakeholders. If an advisory body has all big business and high tech, that will not necessarily give the full picture. Again, it goes back to what Professor O'Hare said. One needs all the stakeholders in the room and quickly. I would even go so far as to say to have the individuals who are subject to these things there to say where we are going. They are my own comments.