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:
The point kind of follows on, in the sense that it is not going to be possible for central mechanisms like the EU to manage this situation. The question of trust came up. This would align with some of the earlier discussions at this committee about civil and human rights. Diffusing as much trust and responsibility as possible to the local context provides a necessary damming system for this overflow of AI, which could possibly not be placed by the centre simply because of its positioning, but also because of its vulnerability to these kinds of political pressures.