David Moloney: 'AI is at a once-in-a-lifetime inflection point'

David Moloney believes countries such as Ireland have a rare chance to embrace their edge in AI and deep learning, otherwise they risk being flattened by change. The news last year that Irish tech firm Movidius was being acquired by chip giant Intel sent shockwaves throughout the tech scene because it was the strongest signal yet that the world was moving inexorably in a different direction, at quantum speed. For Movidius co-founder David Moloney, who will be speaking at next week's Inspirefest, it is a statement of intent. Because Intel does everything at hyper scale. 'The genie is well and truly out of the bottle. Embrace AI or be flattened' – DAVID MOLONEY In 20 years, we have gone from computers being beige boxes on desks, to supercomputers in our pockets.