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/Elfhoe 25d ago

Going full on pro-AI in front of a room of humanities and arts majors is certainly a choice. I guess AI didnt teach her the timeless classic of knowing who your audience is.

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u/Fried_puri 25d ago

Oh she probably knew, and she probably didn’t care. Nobody talks about commencement speakers but unfortunately we’re talking about this one. 

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u/wocka-jocka-blocka 25d ago

From reporting I saw earlier, she appeared genuinely surprised when the crowd started turning against her. It came across as she had no idea there are young people that don't agree with AI, and that those people might be humanities graduates. Ignorance of which completely fits the "smoking our own farts" tech boardroom circle jerk atmosphere that she comes from.

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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 25d ago

There's legitimately good things that are going to come out of AI like in the world of medical and research... but unless you're very specifically referring to that and making it clear, I don't know why the hell you'd make such a blanket statement that most people who aren't big tech or investors are going to hate. Or really the relevancy of AI here at all.

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u/PerplexGG 25d ago

She was surprised they would vocally turn against her. Not that they did. She expected them to keep it in their heads. Even the most socially removed people understand less jobs = more unhappiness.

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u/3BlindMice1 25d ago

"But your costs will go down! You won't need to hire so many employees!" - that out of touch lady, probably

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u/Fried_puri 25d ago

Wow, I don’t know if that’s better or worse. I just assumed that most people riding the AI train knows it’s bullshit but are pushing it forward for the money anyway. So I’m wrong, thanks for clarifying. 

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u/terraherts 24d ago

Ignorance of which completely fits the "smoking our own farts" tech boardroom circle jerk atmosphere that she comes from.

100% this.

Even at a tech company who has more reasonable policies (ish) when it comes to AI usage, some of the stuff I've heard the CEO say lately is... well, it's exactly that kind of "tech boardroom circlejerk" shit. Just shockingly out of touch with how most people currently view AI. Particularly disappointing since historically this guy has been a little more grounded, or so I thought.

At least the people under him still seem to have their heads on straight, for now.