Rapid development of AI could reduce salaries and jobs for white-collar workers

An Oireachtas committee heard that the velocity of AI Technology is exceeding the rate at which laws can be framed

Currently, one in five Irish workers now use AI tools in their job. Pic; Larry Cummins

The use of 'profoundly disruptive' AI technology in the workplace could prompt severe issues ranging from a reduction in salaries to white-collar layoffs, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Head of the School of Computer Science & Statistics at Trinity College Dublin, Gregory O'Hare outlined a number of concerns to the Oireachtas Enterprise Committee, warning that the speed at which AI is developing is making it increasingly harder to legislate for.