Students from Castlebar school, Davitt College are getting ready to debate whether Artificial Intelligence is a force for global good after reaching the final eight of the all-island Concern Debates.
The team from Davitt College will face Limerick school Ardscoil Mhuire in the Maldron Hotel in Galway city a week from today, Thursday, March 19.
Davitt College will propose the motion, looking at how AI is improving the world in areas such as healthcare, education and industry.
Over 170 schools took part in this year’s debates programme, with teams from all four provinces of Ireland taking part.
The Concern Debates programme was started in 1984 to encourage research, discussion and critical thinking about global issues.
The all-island Global Citizenship Education programme is funded by Irish Aid and run by Concern for school teams to debate issues such as poverty and climate change with volunteer judges deciding which team wins.
Any school interested in taking part in the next academic year’s debate programme, or anyone who would like to learn more about volunteering a couple of hours across the school year as an adjudicator, can email debates@concern.net.
