Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Truth and Democracy: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:

I absolutely agree with An Coimisiún Toghcháin on the importance of education. You can regulate all you like, but you also have to build societal resilience in order that people are sceptical and have the necessary critical skills. It is interesting that the Cathaoirleach mentioned Russia. Across the EU, the member state which has the best reputation for media literacy is Finland. That is because for years the Finns have been worried about cross-border interference. That is built into the school curriculum from primary school upwards. It is not a quick process to build societal resilience.

An Coimisiún Toghcháin has its education programmes. We have ours. Before the European elections, we ran the "Stop/Think/Check" campaign to help people and make them alert to the possibilities in this regard. However, that is really a whole-of-society issue.