Colm O'Regan: Time to recognise good tech and show dodgy AI the red card

The good podcasts are great. The shit ones you can just avoid. The algorithm hasn’t found a way of going into your ear yet...

Young Scientist winner Aoibheann Daly from Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School with the trophy for her brain cancer diagnosis tool which uses AI at the Stripe Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS last week. If a 15-year-old can make AI for good only, it’s time certain other people grew up. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

REMEMBER when new tech was exciting? Now, when you hear of a new technology you think: “What are they up to with that?” or “But the one we had was fine!”

The benefits don’t transpire or the consequences are dire. The first AI chatbot sparked excitement — “finally a way of writing essays!” or “Yeah! I never have to write a press release about my show again!”