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

Photo of Mairéad FarrellMairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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It was stated that AI needs to be seen as a tool for help and assistance, rather than as the primary tool. For school students in particular, how can that balance be struck? Reference was made to education on it. Does that need to start happening even at primary school level to help people understand that it can be used as a tool but that it should not be seen as the only tool?