After two high-energy tech gatherings in Dublin recently - from the fierce female founders at TechFoundHer to the 8000-strong crowd at the Dublin Tech Summit, one thing stood out: we are brimming with innovation, ambition and ideas about AI’s promise. But beneath the buzz, a deeper unease lingers: who is actually steering this transformation?

In  a packed space of highly knowledgeable and inspira...

But when technology starts knowing you better than you know yourself, complacency is no longer an option.

When I set out to convert a sci-fi/fantasy story I had written into a screenplay, I didn’t expect to spar, laugh, and script side-by-side with an AI. But this is the new normal: not human vs machine, but a dance of mutual imagination and a sharp reminder that self-awareness is now our last li...

As AI companions grow more powerful, we must ask: what happens to the bonds that make us human? In recent communications, OpenAI (Sam Altman) and Meta (Mark Zuckerberg) describe a scenario where a super intelligence will (soon?) be rolled out. Apparently, this personal superintelligence is designed to accompany us – everywhere – even on a ‘solo walk’ as suggested by Altman. The aim being to help u...

On holiday in Switzerland last week, I  marveled at the serenity of the environment, the gentle lapping of the waters of Lake Leman as we glided towards Montreux and picked up the seductive strains of a saxophone at the Jazz Festival there. I felt a sense of oneness with Nature – more than I can remember feeling when I actually lived in that region for almost a decade. Being back among the vineyar...

We once united the entire planet around a concept that doesn’t even exist. So why can’t we do the same for the most important concept of all - human dignity?

On vacation recently in Switzerland, I marveled at the serenity of the place. I was surprised that it touched me so much given that I consider myself to be a global urban junkie and I used to feel incredibly restless when I lived in Switzerl...