College president booed as AI skips names at graduation ceremony
The college said dozens of graduates were affected, then brought skipped students back to the stage with human readers.
- On Sunday, University of Arizona graduates booed former Google CEO Eric Schmidt during his commencement address, with students objecting when he stated, "The question is not whether AI will shape the world. It will."
- Real estate executive Gloria Caulfield was jeered just days earlier at the University of Central Florida for calling artificial intelligence "the next industrial revolution" during her commencement speech.
- Glendale Community College president Tiffany Hernandez apologized on May 15 after an AI name-reading system malfunctioned during graduation, telling the crowd, "That is a lesson learned for us."
- While 57% of college students use AI tools weekly, health law professor Jacob Shelley characterizes student cheating as a survival tactic driven by fears of job displacement in a precarious market.
- Northeastern University professor Maitraye Das warns students feel a "corporate mouthpiece narrative" from tech CEOs, while Shelley argues, "The worst thing we could do is blame students here.
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Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Ceremony
The president of Glendale Community College was pelted with a chorus of furious boos after an AI tool tasked with reading graduating students’ names completely and totally flunked the assignment. As local outlet AZFamily reported, students and families at the Phoenix-area school were left disoriented when the names being read over the ceremony’s loudspeakers failed to match those of the students actually walking across the stage. The names displ…
College students are booing commencement speakers celebrating AI, but the wave of hate hasn’t stopped them from using it to cheat on their exams
For today’s college students, attitudes toward AI can seem paradoxical. On one hand, they’ve made their ire toward the technology clear: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with hisses during his commencement remarks at the University of Arizona’s graduation ceremony on Sunday when he invoked the inevitability of a future with artificial intelligence. “The question is not whether AI will shape the world. It will,” Schmidt said, pausing for a …
Ex-Google CEO Booed At University Commencement Speech Over A.I. Comments
If there's one thing that strikes at the heart of Generation Z, it's hearing how A.I. will change the world. To them, it means AI will take away their job opportunities. 404 Media captured the video of the horrible reception VP of strategic alliances at the Tavistock Group, Gloria Caulfield, received while speaking to graduates in Central Florida. Business Insider, "Boos rang out during the University of Arizona's graduation ceremony on Friday a…
“The appearance of AI is the next industrial revolution,” said Gloria Caulfield, an executive in the real estate sector, to the recent graduates of arts, humanities and communication from the University of Central Florida. The answer? Many boobies. Caulfield turned to the organizers: “What’s going on?” she asked. She looked back at the young people in the audience: “I’ve touched the fiber, can I finish?” And she continued: “A few years ago the A…
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