AI Ready… or not! (with Laura Grehan)

About this episode

The episode discusses the shortcomings of the AI Ready platform and features an interview with Laura Grehan on effective AI literacy initiatives.

This episode features an appearance from Elaine’s mam, who helped her review the new AI Ready platform from the Irish government ( AIReady.ie ) – and it did not go down well! We were so disappointed with this fumbled effort at AI literacy, but luckily we had Laura Grehan to speak to about getting it right. Laura leads education, engagement and societal impact for the Adapt research centre, and her award-winning team has reached about 85,000 people with their #DiscussAI initiative and other programmes.  *** Good things we recommend *** >> #DiscussAI’s AI literacy resources >> Age-Friendly AI , a national AI literacy initiative for older adults >> Our chat on AI literacy with Prof Aphra Kerr   >> The Verge report on switching unsupported Windows devices to Linux >> Lemoncello ’s new album, Perfect Place   *** More from us *** Kelly’s Substack: kellysrubbish.substack.com   FTS blog: for-techs-sake.ghost.io   FTS TikTok: fortechssakepod   FTS Instagram: fortechssakepod   FTS Bluesky: fortechssakepod.bsky.social   FTS UpScrolled: fortechssakepod   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elaine Burke, Kelly Earley

Guest: Laura Grehan

Topics covered

• AI literacy
• technology
• education
• societal impact
• government initiatives

Keywords

• AI Ready
• AI literacy
• Adapt research centre
• DiscussAI
• Age-Friendly AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adapt research centre, AIReady.ie, #DiscussAI, Age-Friendly AI, The Verge

Products: Lemoncello’s new album, Perfect Place

More episodes of For Tech’s Sake

• Are data centres a drain? (with Prof Hannah Daly) · June 11, 2026 · 39 min
• Is technology making us lonely? (with Dr Colman Noctor) · June 4, 2026 · 46 min
• Get your clips out (with Aoife Barry) · May 28, 2026 · 43 min
• Do we like prediction markets? Yes/No · May 21, 2026 · 37 min
• Hitting the AI kill switch · May 14, 2026 · 44 min
• Wikiphilia (with Amy O’Riordan) · May 7, 2026 · 45 min