Professor Luke O'Neill

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1,535 appearances 7 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3 Sep

Professor Luke O'Neill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Pat Kenny Show · Is AI coming for your job ? · 30 May 2026 podcast

Now, you're right, though.

Humans, it seems to be 10 years away.

AI should hopefully speed it up.

It wasn't quite the case.

If AI cracks nuclear fusion, and secondly, cures for Alzheimer's, can you imagine if that becomes a reality?

Then we'll have evidence AI is really beneficial to humanity.

Yeah, his worry is, if you read what he said, it'll just become another money-making racket that will make society even less equitable, is his fear.

And every technology, when it's invented, seems to do that, doesn't it?

And he's trying to forestall that and say, hang on a minute, this has to be for the benefit of humanity.

What can we do to make sure it is?

Is this another industrial revolution?

I think it is.

Yeah, yeah.

Because remember, the first industrial... Remember, the last time, everybody worked in fields, remember?

Next time, next they're in factories.

Now, this AI revolution, we'll probably be in our houses working from home a lot more, say, for instance.

It's that kind of thing.

Yeah, exactly.

And the worry would be, who will the casualties be?

Remember, this is serious for people because there are jobs going.

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