Keeping a tight rein on AI
Microsoft Ireland boss Cathriona Hallahan is not worried about terminator-style robots taking over the world, but she is still calling for greater regulation of AI, writes Emmet Ryan
Pretty much any conversation about the ethics of artificial intelligence eventually reaches the same point: should we be afraid of terminators?
Cathriona Hallahan has spent 32 years with Microsoft, and five in her current role as managing director of Microsoft Ireland. Terminators aren’t top of the agenda for her but she understands why a lot of people are worried about them.
“There are a lot of things that machines can do but it’s ...