AI in the Workplace: Where employment law meets artificial intelligence

William Fry's focus on AI in the workplace discovers the potential for artificial intelligence to help solve some of Ireland's current employment law issues. Artificial intelligence or AI is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perceptions, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages". The term is defined in popular culture, and in the eyes of employees the world over as an ever-approaching threat. The World Economic Forum has discussed AI as a major element of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and something that will rapidly change our world and workplaces. Regardless of the definition, AI is coming into our workplaces and coming quickly.