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)

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I might ask that that would happen.

One of the problem with some of the content that viewers are seeing, including teenagers, is that the algorithm for the recommender model works on the basis of likes and shares. Given that about 20% of accounts on X are bots or trolls, if I am a bot or a troll and I want to push a particular agenda, that is what I do. Does Ms Dilé not accept that is part of the problem?