April Fools Day: President Fuchs announces artificial intelligence will replace faculty across campus
Fuchs revived April Fools’ joke after canceling the joke in 2020 Photo by Ashley Hicks | The Independent Florida Alligator
In a series of videos UF posted on April Fools’ Day, UF President Kent Fuchs fired himself and the rest of UF’s administrative staff, leaving decisions up to the software of UF’s artificially intelligent supercomputer.
While UF administration won’t abandon Tigert Hall any time soon, AI capabilities on campus really are advancing.
Fuchs is known for his yearly April Fools’ jokes, but didn’t pull one last year because of the onset of COVID-19. In 2019, Fuchs debuted his new football uniform as a prank. The return of the joke this year