What Will Humans Do?
As a response to a brief on automation and artificial intelligence and how it will impact various professions, myself, Aine Coll and Póilín Nic Geidigh tackled the ecosystem of an Irish Gaeltacht during the Summer months. What will be automated, what should be and what shouldn't?
To understand this project you need to understand the change that happens to a rural Gaeltacht Town when there is an influx of Irish Students. Narrow roads are populated with young teenagers, shops and local businesses see more business from students, ceannairí and visiting parents.
There is not an open flow of communication between everyone. The local might want to walk their dog without a leash but doesn’t know when there is and isn’t a bunch of teenagers on the beach. The restaurant owner doesn't know when to roster more staff for the parent’s visiting, The Bean an Tí only has a window of time for when the student will be back for meals and has to sit around the house waiting on them to arrive four times a day. The young learner driver might only feel comfortable driving when there aren’t students walking to and from college. How can we help them?
There is not an open flow of communication between everyone. The local might want to walk their dog without a leash but doesn’t know when there is and isn’t a bunch of teenagers on the beach. The restaurant owner doesn't know when to roster more staff for the parent’s visiting, The Bean an Tí only has a window of time for when the student will be back for meals and has to sit around the house waiting on them to arrive four times a day. The young learner driver might only feel comfortable driving when there aren’t students walking to and from college. How can we help them?
“Bígí cúramach ar na bealtaí” Cúram means care.
Cúram is a system which allows an open flow of communication between all actors in rural Irish Gaeltacht. It feeds information back to the community. Irish students will receive an NFC enabled wristband when they arrive and will be asked to tap in at various locations, the beach, the college and the houses. This information will feed into an app, allowing ceannairí who have to check every house take roll more efficiently. Bean an Tís will receive a notification to let them know the students are on their way back to the house. A restricted version will be made available to the local residents where they will be able to see hotspots of where the students are; on the roads or at the beach. Information would also be made available on arriving, leaving and visiting dates.
