Laoise Mullane

What are we trying to achieve?

You know, it's goal oriented actions autonomously.

That's what AI agents can do.

What is the goal?

What are we going to do?

What is the value that we're going to create?

And making sure that we have those different perspectives coming in so that we achieve those intended consequences, but also don't have unintended consequences that we didn't foresee.

So interestingly, both globally and in Ireland, curiosity outweighs anxiety when it comes to AI, which is a positive thing.

Where Ireland is lagging from a mindset perspective is when it comes to excitement.

So we're much less excited in Ireland for some reason about AIs and our global counterparts.

And I think this is something where we need to focus in terms of, again, what is in it for people?

What are they going to get out of this technology?

And then I think it's about providing people with the knowledge, skills and experience so that they can tackle this in a positive way.

So I think realistically, it's a combination of all three, but I think it starts with access.

So people having access to the right development opportunities, to relevant skills and transferable skills that they're going to need now and in the future.

And then it's about how do we make sure that there's a culture of learning in the organisation?

Because we're not talking about a one and done training course with anything anymore.

For sure.

This is continuous upskilling.

The technology is changing all the time.