Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements
Graduates at several college commencements have expressed their discontent with speeches about artificial intelligence, often interrupting speakers with boos. Many students feel that discussions on AI are tone deaf given their concerns about job prospects in an increasingly automated world. Polls indicate that a significant portion of college students view AI as a threat to their future careers.
- ▪Graduates booed speakers discussing AI at multiple college commencements.
- ▪About 70% of college students see AI as a threat to their job prospects, according to a recent poll.
- ▪The unemployment rate for college graduates ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years.
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As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season's college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned to AI.Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced repeated jeers over the weekend during his keynote address to about 10,000 University of Arizona graduates on the rise of AI.“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.“I know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you,” Schmidt responded as the boos continued.
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