Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Chloe Setter:
I agree about the change in habits in society. It is quite stark when one looks back. When I was young, I was always being told off for watching too much television and not interacting. This was because I was sitting in my room watching TV. Now, the shift we have seen is from TV to online. I would go back to the previous point I made. Time is an important factor but it is also about the quality. When we speak to young people, we find that many of them consider that they are interacting when they are online. They do not see that they are not interacting because often that is how they communicate with their friends and the people they know. There are so many positive skills that can be developed for younger users that will hopefully see them well in life, including digital skills, creating content, using filters and using these complex tools that I struggle to use myself.