Pat Mellon, the ISCP’s (Irish Senior Citizens Parliament) National Coordinator and Sharon Casey, its Membership Development Officer, both attended the Oireachtas Joint Committee hearing on “Artificial Intelligence – Older People” on Tuesday 30th September.
The ISCP together with Age Action and Alone were invited to make presentations on:
1: The concerns and difficulties that older people experience with the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in everyday life.
2: The need for the implementation of safeguarding and regulation to protect older people in the digital space.
If you wish to view the video recording of the Committee meeting please follow this link to open it in a new page. Please note the meeting starts about 15 minutes in.
There is also a full transcript of the discussion available to read here.