CEIA launch new initiative to stimulate discussion on Artificial Intelligence in schools

"With devices like Alexa Echo, Apple HomePod and SmartLock in our homes, the'intelligent personal assistant' SIRI and Google in our pockets, we have to become more aware that we are giving devices an incredible amount of personal data and control to machines. Our young people are growing up where this is normal practice and more and more common. This initiative is about giving students the opportunity to reflect on the control and information that we freely hand over, and about examining some of the potential outcomes in society as we give more and more to machines and machine learning. HAL was a concept 50 years ago, a warning of sorts, that is still valid today. We want the students to have fun, and to see the opportunities as well as the challenges of the incredible technology we have in our world today and potentially tomorrow," said Valerie Cowman, Chair of the Skills & Education Committee of the CEIA – Cork's Technology Network.