Dr. Hooman Rashidi, Executive Director of CPACE and Associate Dean of AI at Pitt School of Medicine giving the Senate Testimony on the state of AI at Pitt school of medicine and CPACE.
PITTSBURGH – Academics, employers, and state legislators gathered in Pittsburgh today at the invitation of Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) for a joint public hearing of the Senate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), and the House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. David Rowe (R-85), about the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape and grow Pennsylvania’s economy.
Pittsburgh employers in the healthcare, banking, and aerospace industries described how they are using AI to evolve their operations. The final panel discussed how Pennsylvania’s electric grid challenges and unfriendly energy policies present the biggest barrier to further developing the AI economy.