Software engineers and customer service agents will be first to lose jobs to AI, Oireachtas to hear 

Entry level programming jobs are largely being replaced by AI now, council member Sean Blanchfield siad added.

Software engineers, junior lawyers, and customer service roles will be among the first in Ireland to be affected by job losses to artificial intelligence, experts on the AI Advisory Council predict.

Members of the council, made up of 15 independent experts who advise the Government on Ireland’s AI strategy, appeared before the Oireachtas AI Committee on Tuesday.