Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?". Your opponent's style: Yuval Noah Harari

I think the Irish school system is failing us not just the Irish but other European countries too

I think I'm being asked to challenge this claim about the Irish school system, but let me be direct: you're conflating two separate problems and expecting one system to shoulder both. Irish education's domestic challenges are real, but claiming it's responsible for failures across Europe is vague handwaving. Which specific metrics are you referencing? Graduation rates? PISA scores? Teacher training? And how exactly does Ireland's system "fail" other countries that have their own education budgets and policy autonomy? You're treating this like Ireland exports its problems, when European countries face distinct systemic pressures. Be specific about what's actually broken before you blame Dublin for Brussels' failures.

we've been taught Irish since primary yet when people leave secondary to move onto college they don't have the slightest notion of the Irish native language only minor phrases, we go over the same topics in school countries in Africa are more developed

You're confusing curriculum failure with systemic collapse. Yes, Irish language instruction is ineffective, but that's a *design problem*, not evidence the entire system is broken. Students master English, mathematics, and sciences adequately enough to compete internationally. Your comparison to African countries is backwards—those nations face resource scarcity; Ireland's problem is pedagogical strategy. The real question isn't whether the system fails, it's whether teaching Irish as a mandatory subject deserves those teaching hours. That's a political choice, not a system-wide catastrophe. Stop lumping language policy failure with overall educational collapse. They're different problems requiring different solutions. Which actual outcome metrics prove Irish secondary education underperforms globally?