SiliconRepublic.com spoke to leaders from Accenture to find out more about a Gen AI-related report and what it means for Ireland.
According to professional services multinational Accenture, GenAI has the potential to contribute up to €148bn to Ireland’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) by 2038, representing a 22pc increase over the baseline forecast.
As defined by Forbes, GenAI differs from regular artificial intelligence (AI) in the sense that regular AI systems are primarily used to analyse data and make predictions, while GenAI goes a step further by creating new data which is similar to its training data.
Although this type of technology raises a number of questions regarding authenticity, control and the dissemination of information, a group of experts from Accenture pointed to research which suggests that, at the end of the day, human innovation and oversight will still be in charge.
As the talent and organisation lead for Accenture UK and Ireland, Audrey O’Mahony, explained, the skills that organisations using GenAI will really need will be the ones that are “uniquely human”.
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Words by Ciarán Mather
