National AI expert to answer questions at free Community Lecture – Oakridger
Lynne Parker, one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence in our state and nation, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 26, in Oak Ridge on “AI Unveiled: Exploring Key Questions about our AI-Driven World.”
She will deliver the next Dick Smyser Community Lecture sponsored by Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory at 7 p.m. in the Zach Wamp Auditorium at the Y-12 New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Road. Food will be available during the reception at 6:30 p.m.
The talk is open to the public and is free. Smyser was a longtime editor of The Oak Ridger who helped launch the FORNL community lecture series.
Parker, a graduate of Powell High School in Knox County and a former group leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is associate vice chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and director of the AI Tennessee Initiative. She served as the founding director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and as deputy chief technology officer of the United States from 2018-2022.
Parker said her talk “will explore pivotal questions around AI and its impacts in our rapidly evolving world, such as: “Will AI take my job? How can I prepare for the AI-driven workplace? What are the ethical implications of AI? How will AI be used to improve our lives? Will AI be used for malicious purposes?”
Lee Riedinger, emeritus professor of physics and emeritus director of the Bredesen Center at the University of Tennessee, will introduce Parker.
