Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Truth and Democracy: Discussion

2:00 am

Dr. Dan McQuillan:

I will make three points. The narrative of an industrial revolution is very much a narrative of the industry itself. Second, it is not regulatable for reasons that have already been covered. Third, the cake is not worth the candle in that what is coming out of this at the end is not the kind of thing the State or society will really benefit from because the benefits of these things are not what they are cracked up to be. I would really urge the diversion of some of the attention, money and even enthusiasm that is present around AI into things that have more concrete and demonstrable benefits.