Recent Commencement Speeches Show Students Are Souring on AI. How Deep Is the Angst?
- 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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AI name-reading goes wrong at graduation
A malfunction in an AI name-reading software led to boos from students at the Glendale Community College graduation ceremony. The AI appeared to show and say the wrong names when people came onto the stage as well as stopping showing names entirely at points on the livestream.
The speakers who mentioned it positively have been covered by whistles on several occasions, due to a growing and widespread hostility
AI system fails during college graduation in Arizona
GLENDALE, Ariz. (CNN, KYMA) - A technical glitch at a college commencement ceremony in Arizona left graduates and families frustrated. The issue: The school was using an artificial intelligence (AI) system to read the graduate's names as they crossed the stage, and the system malfunctioned. Students at Glendale Community College (GCC) worked so hard to get their diploma and graduate, and they say the school should have been better prepared. The …
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…
Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta fires back at graduates booing ‘AI speech’ during Middle Tennessee State University ceremony
Scott Borchetta, the 63-year-old music mogul who is credited for discovering Taylor Swift, shrugged off the graduates' disapproval, saying they would regret not listening to him at Middle Tennessee State University's ceremony on May 10.
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