Ireland is Talking AI. Are You? Join the 85,000+ people just like you, who are questioning, exploring, and defining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in our lives.
Recognised by the European Commission as a best practice in public engagement with science, #DiscussAI – Ireland’s national conversation on artificial intelligence – has engaged more than 85,000 members of the Irish public and 170 researchers in conversations and mutual learning since 2021. The initiative won ‘Best General Media Literacy Initiative’ at the Media Literacy Ireland Awards 2025, supported by Coimisiún na Meán. It has been cited in Ireland’s national AI strategy progress report (2023) and strategy refresh (2024) for advancing Ireland’s ‘AI and Society’ goals.
Coordinated by ADAPT’s Education and Public Engagement team, #DiscussAI functions as a large-scale, nationwide collaboration network that aims to ensure AI in Ireland is fair, inclusive, and always puts people first. All elements of the programme have been co-created with and for diverse communities around Ireland to deliver inclusive learning and conversations.By fostering AI awareness, literacy and trust, #DiscussAI is helping ensure that public voices actively shape the future of AI research, innovation and policy in Ireland.
Evaluation of #DiscussAI shows clear AI literacy benefits for participants, who reported:* A deeper understanding of AI and its societal impact * Greater confidence in engaging with public discussion about emerging technologies* A stronger sense of agency and feeling that their perspectives on AI were acknowledged* Improved overall AI knowledge and skills
All participating researchers agreed or strongly agreed that the insights from public participants were “relevant”, “inspiring”, “valuable” and “useful” for their research. These insights have informed multiple ADAPT research projects and research funding proposals, leading to new areas of research and societal collaboration on AI.
View the #DiscussAI Campaign Report (pdf)
“Designed with accessibility in mind and grounded in national strategy, the initiative [#DiscussAI] stood out for its robust design, interdisciplinary methods, and meaningful stakeholder engagement. The project’s interdisciplinary and creative approach was applauded…The cross-sector collaboration and policy alignment further strengthened the project’s innovative positioning.Judging Panel, Media Literacy Ireland Awards 2025
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Think-ins are public forums that facilitate discussion and deliberation among citizens, researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on individuals and society.
Think-Ins are open to everyone – you don’t need to have any prior knowledge of or experience with AI to get involved and have your say.
Keep an eye on our think-Ins micro-site for news of upcoming think-ins. The micro-site also provides guidelines for hosting your own think-in.
Post-primary teachers are invited to join a free training initiative that will boost their AI literacy and help them empower their students to use AI critically. The training is developed by ADAPT in collaboration with DCU Institute of Education, and it is supported by Google. In-person workshops and a short online course equip teachers with essential AI knowledge and practical insights to navigate AI and guide students to use AI-powered tools safely and ethically. More than 800 teachers have completed the training since October 2024.
The All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) introduces post-primary students to linguistics (i.e. the study of human language) and to the application of logic to problems of language understanding and translation. The goal is to develop students’ problem-solving skills and to inspire them to consider the fascinating range of careers at the intersection of computing, linguistics and language. More than 3,500 students in all 32 counties on the island of Ireland participate annually.
Sign up to host or attend a free STEAM linguistic problem-solving workshop in your school. Open all to all secondary schools on the island of Ireland.
AI in My Life is a teacher-led Transition Year classroom workshop series exploring AI, ethics and privacy. Teachers don’t need any prior knowledge of AI in order to deliver the programme. The course toolkits provide teachers with teaching resources and accompanying teacher guides. More than 5,000 students in 90 schools have completed workshops to date.
Our AI in My Life Ambassadors can visit your school if you’d like in-person support.
Age-Friendly AI is Ireland’s national AI literacy initiative for older adults. With support from leading ageing-focused community and civil society partners, the initiative aims to engage 60,000 older adults in dialogue around the role of AI in their lives and co-create AI literacy training for their peers.
The initiative reflects ADAPT’s passion for digital inclusion and ensuring that older adults have a strong voice in the development of AI.
The ‘Art or AI?’ Museum of Very Modern Art challenges you to spot if its artworks have been created by a human hand or generated by artificial intelligence.
AI-generated art tools like DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are changing how we view art and creativity. But as humans, how good are we at distinguishing a classic from an artwork generated by a machine? And what do generative artificial intelligence tools mean for art and culture?
A free Transition Year Linguistics module consisting of 10 topics covering topics such as phonetics, writing systems and language acquisition has been developed by the ADAPT All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO).
The module was funded by Post-Primary Languages Ireland and uses AILO puzzles so that students can get hands-on experience of linguistic problem-solving. This module formally introduces Linguistics to the Irish school curriculum for the first time.
DigiAcademy is an accessible digital skills education platform committed to universal design and co-creation and development of employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities as digital educators. The programme has worked in partnership with organisations and learners to co-design accessible content and digital experiences that reflect the real needs and voices of those often most digitally disenfranchised in our society.
DigiAcademy won the Inclusion in the Digital World category of the European Digital Skills Awards 2023.
Science Week Ireland 2026, Ireland’s weeklong celebration of science and technology, will take place from 9th – 15th November.
This year’s theme will be the “Science of Innovation”
ADAPT’s programme for Science Week 2026 will be announced soon.
#ExploreAI is an interactive showcase of cutting edge research on artificial intelligence (AI) brought to you by the ADAPT Research Centre. For one day only, we’ll be exploring “Where Art meets AI: the intersection of artificial intelligence and creativity”.
Open to the public on Friday, 26th September between 4 – 8pm in the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Trinity College Dublin for START: European Researchers’ Night 2025.
Dublin’s Beta Festival returns from 7-23 November 2025, offering an exciting programme of events, debates, live performances and exhibitions, all focused on the impact of emerging technologies on society.
When: 7 – 23 November 2025
Where: The Digital Hub, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 & The Substation, Dublin Port
For Science Week 2025, ADAPT invites the public to engage in a series of thought-provoking events that blend art, artificial intelligence (AI), ethics and exploration of your digital footprint.
ADAPT’s Science Week 2025 events are designed to ignite curiosity, foster critical thinking and showcase the powerful intersection of art, technology and ethics.
Four talented post-primary students will represent Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), taking place in Taiwan in July 2025.
The Irish team is comprises the top four students from the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO), which is run by ADAPT at DCU. More than 3,500 students competed to make it onto the Irish team.
Check out ADAPT installations at BIAS: Built This Way at Science Gallery Dublin, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 until end of January 2022.
The exhibition interrogates how prejudice can move quickly from human to machine as algorithms and artificial intelligence systems are encoded by humans with very human values, preferences and predispositions.
For Science Week 2020, SignON presents an art-science event that combines artificial intelligence with Shakespeare. Alvean Jones and Lianne Quigley will perform some of the most iconic scenes from Shakespeare in Irish Sign Language for a unique audience of people and machines.
Artificially intelligent apps will watch the performance with you, so that you get to see what a machine sees when it watches theatre. The performance will be followed by a discussion on artificial intelligence and sign language machine translation. This event includes ISL interpreters.
