Recent Commencement Speeches Show Students Are Souring on AI. How Deep Does the Disapproval Go?
- 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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Ex-Google CEO Relentlessly Booed by Students Over AI Comments at Arizona Commencement
Former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt was roundly booed by students during a university commencement address on Sunday. The tech billionaire faced a hostile reception at the University of Arizona as he spoke to an audience of as many as 10,000 graduating students. A spokesperson for the university defended the choice of speaker. The institution stated that Schmidt had been invited for his 'extraordinary' contributions to technology and inno…
Gen Z is not booing AI. It is booing its own job market
Eric Schmidt stood at a lectern at the University of Arizona’s spring commencement and told a stadium full of graduates that the impact of artificial intelligence would be ‘larger, faster, and more consequential’ than anything they had so far lived through. The former Google chief executive was attempting, on the published account, to be reassuring. […] This story continues at The Next Web
College students boo after a 'new AI system' misses names during graduation ceremony
Glendale Community College president Tiffany Hernandez blamed a "new AI system" for naming errors at graduation.Screenshot via Glendale Community CollegeAt Glendale Community College's commencement ceremony, several students' names were misread while walking onstage.President Tiffany Hernandez said the college was "using a new AI system," prompting boos from the crowd.The college later allowed the graduates to walk again. This time, a human read…
Students keep booing AI at graduation speeches this year
It’s graduation season and that means commencement speakers are offering up their best advice for how to live a happy, healthy, and successful life. But instead of being met with welcoming smiles and engaged head nods, one topic is being met with anger and boos—AI. In a series of recent incidents, listeners have balked as commencement speakers have either told them to embrace artificial intelligence, or have otherwise mentioned the ever-expandin…
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