Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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I thank Ms Olhausen. My next question is for the National Disability Authority. It relates to some of what Dr. Begley has said. They used to say about computers that if you put garbage in, you get garbage out. If you give a computer the wrong information, it will come back. With AI, it will be discrimination and oppression in, discrimination and oppression out, and probably amplified. That is what it is doing. Dr. Hartney was referring to that when she talked about reflecting and perpetuating existing inequalities. Is that what Dr. Begley was talking about with regard to the potential for people to be discriminated against in terms of job opportunities by AI systems that simplify things by deciding certain people do not fit an idealised model of what is wanted? Is that happening? Are disabled people losing out on job opportunities because AI is slashing through CVs and discriminating?