Third Level Education
Seanad Éireann — 2023-05-04
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Malcolm Byrne (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I am glad Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, is taking a very proactive approach in this area, but AI will transform virtually every aspect of our life and work and various forms of automation will transform a wide range of professions. The Government needs to lead the public debate on this within the education space and broader society and, indeed, in many cases to be positive. The idea of a select committee within these Houses on artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and their potential impact could be welcome. We should look at training in the Houses of the Oireachtas on how AI will influence all of our work, because I can certainly envisage, at some stage in the future, my avatar posing a Commencement matter to a ministerial avatar and seeing an AI-enabled answer being delivered in response. Maybe it is happening already. This is transformative. The EU's AI Act will be its most important legislation this decade. However, we need to have an education and training system that adapts and is ready for the changes.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-04