Is the University of Tennessee System doing enough around artificial intelligence (AI)? I get that question a lot. The question isn’t whether Tennessee will be affected by AI. It’s whether we will lead.
The answer is yes.
I graduated from UT Knoxville in 1979, the same year Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) launched the Oak Ridge Applied Artificial Intelligence Project, a first of its kind. AI isn’t new in Tennessee. It’s part of our foundation.