Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements
Graduates at several college commencements are expressing their discontent with speeches about artificial intelligence. Many students interrupted speakers with boos, reflecting their anxiety about AI's impact on job prospects. This backlash highlights a growing concern among young people regarding the future of their careers in an AI-driven world.
- ▪Graduates have booed speakers discussing AI at various commencement ceremonies.
- ▪Polls indicate that about 70% of college students view AI as a threat to their job prospects.
- ▪The unemployment rate for college graduates ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years.
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt addresses graduates during commencement ceremonies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, May 18, 2009. AP-YonhapAs 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 AIFormer 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.
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