Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Post-Primary Education: Discussion

11:00 am

Ms Leah Jennings:

Our teachers were asked to identify which essays they believed were generated by AI using basic prompts. We tested this with written work from multiple subjects, including English, Irish, French, history and geography. Our results were mixed and the quality of essays generated varied.

However, this could be improved with more specific instructions to the AI.