Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland

2:00 am

Dr. Susan Leavy:

I will say a few words and then Professor Smeaton can come in. It is a huge issue. One panel at the AI safety summit, which comprised some of the world leaders in AI, was worried about this. It is coming fast and has the potential to disrupt the education system and our way of assessing. We need a lot of research and resources very fast because nobody has the answers.