AI will shape the future world of work. While this presents challenges it also
presents opportunities with the creation
of new jobs. The government through
Science Foundation Ireland supports
research in AI. It's transforming the
world in which we live in and has the
potential to impact on many sectors of
Irish society. We're looking at using
video as a sensor in a farming context
everything from animal health to the
quality of the grass in the paddock
We've worked really closely with
Croke Park to identify particular
scenarios that interests them. So we
have a system that does crowd density
estimation which just looks at how
occupied is a particular space based on
the vision that it's seen from that
CCTV footage. Of course it's extremely
important that we prepare the future
youth of Ireland to be able to
contribute to the AI economy. These
centres for research training will
produce industry ready graduates who are
ready to hit the ground running and
enter the Irish workforce who are among
the world's best in terms of AI
knowledge and AI thought leadership. We
need to ensure that our companies have
the skills that they need to get the
most out of the opportunities that AI
will create. The government is providing
funding to train 700 postgraduate
students. Through the plan we will also
be developing a national strategy on AI
