David McCourt: Ireland needs to play a leading role in writing global AI rules to benefit us all

If harnessed correctly, AI can help 'create a more equitable, useful, interesting and valuable human experience'.(Michael Dwyer/AP)

David McCourt

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most urgent technology issue of our times. Every week brings a major inflection point, whether it’s OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or any of the other hundreds of big organisations racing to develop parts of an unprecedentedly powerful engine that is already starting to reshape societies.

We’ve never seen potential like it.