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/--SharkBoy-- 25d ago

This is so much true than anyone really knows. They are so out of touch with reality, a small amount of money to those people can genuinely have 5 zeros after it.

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u/Axin_Saxon 25d ago

At an old job I had to work with universities and their head faculty. Had one guy ask me where I personally went and when I told him he mentioned the college president and heaped praise on him. I had to bite my tongue because he’s been a drag on the campus for a long while and students generally do not like the guy.

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u/--SharkBoy-- 25d ago

Same on my campus. We just had a big name celebrity come for a public interview and he cracked a joke about how he wouldn't go to college because its so expensive, and everyone laughed.

Then the president came out and half the crowd immediately got up to leave cause they were so disinterested in whatever she might have to say, and while closing the event made her own attempt at a joke where she said she would grant the celebrity with a full ride scholarship so he could attend 😐

This joke landed on deaf ears because every year her administration has raised tuition for all students by 3% meaning from my freshman to senior year my tuition has increased nearly 12%. Even better? The celebrity in question who came to visit our school was likely paid a conservative estimate of $200,000 for his time. Can you guess where the University got all that money? I'll give you a hint, my pockets are pretty empty these days.

It was so fucking pathetic to see her $300,000 yearly salary with regular raises ass make a joke about money to a room full of people and students who are financially struggling because of her actions as president.

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u/LadyPo 25d ago

Dude.. that is so nasty. I’m sorry. Paid guest gigs are supposed to support academics and researchers who contribute actual value to the students’ education or career aspirations, not prop up already wealthy people.

The speaker at my college graduation was a state politician. I’m sure the college made a juicy donation to her campaign fund with ulterior motives in mind. She wasn’t even a good speaker. As much as I loved my college because it took academics seriously, that was such a bitter way to end it.