Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Booed by Graduates at Mention of AI
Students booed Schmidt’s AI pitch as he said they would help shape artificial intelligence and described AI agents as a career tool.
- Last week, University of Central Florida students booed Tavistock Development Company executive Gloria Caulfield when she declared artificial intelligence "the next industrial revolution." Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced similar audience backlash at a University of Arizona speech on Friday.
- Journalist Brian Merchant suggests students view AI as "the cruel new face of hyper-scaling capitalism." Merchant wrote he would also boo if unemployed and facing this industrial revolution with limited prospects beyond entering prompts into an LLM.
- In a recent Gallup poll, only 43% of Americans aged 15 to 34 said it is a good time to find a job locally, a steep drop from 75% in 2022. This economic pessimism fuels student skepticism about AI promises.
- Amid persistent booing, Schmidt tried to speak over the crowd, insisting students "will help shape artificial intelligence." Caulfield chuckled and asked "What happened?" when interrupted by the audience.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke at Carnegie Mellon's commencement recently without audible pushback, telling graduates that AI has "reinvented computing." His reception contrasts sharply with the backlash faced by Caulfield and Schmidt.
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Eric Schmidt met with boos during University of Arizona commencement speech over AI fears
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