Artificial Intelligence Resources
Irish Government AI Resources
The following links contain some public service based AI resources.
- AI Forum on OPS.gov.ie
- The AI Forum is a space for Civil and Public Servants discuss AI project for the delivery of public services through AI, or interesting AI initiatives.
- Learning and Development Programmes
- Click the link above for information on AI courses available to Civil and Public Servants. The course will be run again early in 2023.
- AI: Here For Good (National AI Strategy)
- The national strategy for AI outlining our vision that Ireland will be an international leader in using AI to the benefit of our population, through a people-centred, ethical approach to AI development, adoption and use.
- AI Skill Report
- A Preliminary Assessment of the Skills Needed for the Deployment, Management and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence.
- Company Law Review Group (pages 165 to 176)
- The Company Law Review Group compiled a report for the Minister for Trade, Enterprise & Employment regarding how the proliferation of AI may impact on company law.
- AI in the Public Service
- Webinar on the use of AI in the delivery of Public Services.
AI Primers
- Hello, World: Artificial Intelligence and it use in the Public Sector, (Paper 36).
- A very well written primer on AI. If you are only going to read one document on AI, read this one.
OECD AI Documents
- OECD Principles on AI
- General OECD resource page outlining AI policy, AI principles and frameworks for classifying AI systems
- Artificial Intelligence in Society.
- This book aims to build a shared understanding of AI in the present and near term. It maps the social and economic impacts of AI and their policy implications.
AI White Papers
- Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust
- An EU WHITE PAPER on regulations that will be needed regarding the deployment of AI and how to govern those regulations.
- Ireland’s National Submission to the Public Consultation on the EU White Paper on Artificial Intelligence.
- EU White Paper: Artificial Intelligence for Europe
- The approach to AI described in this document shows the way forward and highlights the need to join forces at European level, to ensure that all Europeans are part of the digital transformation, that adequate resources are devoted to AI and that the Union’s values and fundamental rights are at the forefront of the AI landscape.
EU AI Publications
- The Artificial Intelligence Act – An EU Proposal for Regulation
- This is the proposed regulation put to the European Parliament.
LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS
- This is the proposed regulation put to the European Parliament.
- Artificial Intelligence – A European Perspective
- This report presents a European view of AI based on independent research and analysis by the European Commission Joint Research Centre to inform the debate at the European level.
- Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence
- The European AI strategy and the coordinated plan make clear that trust is a prerequisite to ensure a human-centric approach to AI: AI is not an end in itself, but a tool that has to serve people with the ultimate aim of increasing human well-being.
- AI Watch. Artificial Intelligence for the public sector
- The workshop aimed at expanding the existing knowledge on the endeavours undertaken by Member States and Associated Countries on the use of AI in the Public Sector.
- AI Watch. Beyond pilots: sustainable implementation of AI in public services
- This document first introduces the concept of AI appropriation in government, seen as a sequence of two logically distinct phases, respectively named adoption and implementation of related technologies in public services and processes.
- Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI
- The aim of the Guidelines is to promote Trustworthy AI. Trustworthy AI has three components, which should be met throughout the system’s entire life cycle: (1) it should be lawful, complying with all applicable laws and regulations (2) it should be ethical, ensuring adherence to ethical principles and values and (3) it should be robust, both from a technical and social perspective since, even with good intentions, AI systems can cause unintentional harm.
AI Think Tank Publications
- Yordanka Ivanova – The Artificial Intelligence Act: Finding a Balanced Approach
- Discussion about the AI Act, courtesy of the IIEA
- The Alan Turing Institute – Understanding artificial intelligence ethics and safety
- A guide for the responsible design and implementation of AI systems in the public sector.
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Action 6: Promote a culture of innovation in the public service
- Initiatives
- Network
- Resources
- Public Service Transformation Week 2023
- Innovation Declaration
- Robotic Process Automation
- Emerging Technology
- Service Delivery Models
- Innovation Scorecard
- Innovation Strategy
- Public Service Innovation Advisory Board