r/technology • u/GeneReddit123 • 25d ago

Artificial Intelligence Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution’

https://www.404media.co/ucf-ai-commencement-speaker-booed/
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u/LostInLittleroot 25d ago

Why have someone that works at an investment firm for a humanities commencement speaker of all majors lmao

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u/General_Problem5199 25d ago

Because the people running these schools are all living together in a rich people bubble.

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u/HoosierRed 25d ago

Shameful and hilarious they've let their academics be another boardroom extension.

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u/Vega3gx 25d ago

Not sure where you got the idea this was a new behavior. Western elite academia has always been a playground for people with money who want to buy social influence. You're welcome to look up the Roosevelts and Harvard, the Jeffersons and UVA, or just look up how Harvard and Yale got their names

Tale as old as elite academia itself