Discover: Keeping Humanity at the Center of AI: How the University of Tennessee Is Using AI + Human Intelligence (HI) to Reinvent HR, Elevate Creativity, and Accelerate Talent Processes
- Turning AI anxiety into AI empowerment by introducing an AI + HI philosophy across HR, pushing teams to rethink every process from drafting job descriptions to screening candidates to creating internal training experiences through an innovation first lens that strengthens capability instead of replacing people
- Demonstrating what responsible, human centered AI looks like in practice by developing UT’s first AI generated CHRO avatar, complete with an original script, video and theme song, and using it to model future focused communication, accelerate training delivery, and build confidence in AI as a tool for creativity, not a threat to jobs
- Driving exponential efficiency gains across talent workflows by using AI to streamline application reviews, reduce repetitive work, generate job aids and announcements at speed, and improve the quality and consistency of hiring decisions, enabling HR to respond faster and more strategically across a multi-campus system