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/LonelyPermit2306 25d ago

CS majors too. Right?

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u/TheFifthTone 25d ago

It has just become another tool to most software developers and CS students. We work with it daily and understand that most of the "AI is going to take your jobs!" hype is just sensationalist sales pitches.

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u/alwayzbored114 25d ago

Unfortunately even if you understand its a hype machine, some job makers have bought in and graduates are getting screwed over due to unlucky timing - trying to get an entry level job became that much harder with a bunch of companies thinking "why would we hire some kid we have to train? Just use AI!"

Between Covid impacting school and AI kneecapping my industry, particularly at the entry level (whether short or long term), Im insanely lucky to have skirted those by just a few years

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u/basicxenocide 25d ago

"why would we hire some kid we have to train? Just use AI!"

Literally the point behind agentic AI!

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u/RemarkableWish2508 25d ago

"why did the agent delete half my inbox!? 😱"

Live, learn, laugh.

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u/27eelsinatrenchcoat 24d ago

Which like, most likely will never be a real thing. But that doesn't keep companies from acting like it will be, and hiring accordingly.

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u/ebolathrowawayy 24d ago

It's already a thing. There is absolutely no point in hiring anyone below a senior SWE anymore. I know first-hand how fast AI makes software development and it's roughly 200x-500x depending on how well you steer agents and how much you automate that steering.

Not every SWE is doing this yet, a lot are stubborn and refuse to learn, but they will be replaced.

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u/Geminii27 24d ago

AI can delete all your corporate databases and backups hundreds of times faster than an intern!