Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements

rjbwork

Companies have been gleefully touting that AI is going to put everyone out of work for years now, with all gains going to the owner class. What did they expect?

steelkilt

We all have self-constructed identities. When threat of deconstruction presents itself, we react. E.g. my college degree isn’t worth what I thought it was, therefore I’m not the person I thought I was, therefore AI is evil, doesn’t work right, is bad for the environment, is bad for society, et. al. “This thing makes me feel less special, therefore I don’t like it.”

nokeya

HTTP error 451 for accessing this site outside of US, meh.

nitwit005

> “It will touch every profession, every classroom, every hospital, every laboratory, every person and every relationship you have,” Schmidt said, as booing began to build in the audience. This is being forced to listen to a former CEO talk about how amazing the products being built at the company he used to work at are. I'd have booed too.

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188310 Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172419 Students boo commencement speaker after she calls AI next industrial revolution https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48096674 Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177107 An AI Hate Wave Is Here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173318

9p

out of touch 1%er unc fails the read on normal people social cues, tomatoes inbound. where have i seen this before?