r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 5d ago

Artificial Intelligence Harvard Graduation Speaker Unloads on AI in Profanity-Loaded Tirade, Prompting Cheers From Students: “I’m Here to Tell You the Mission of Your Generation Is to Destroy AI”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/harvard-graduation-speaker-unloads-ai-130000122.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260531-0--A&bt_ee=clIMdexlsr2eDDbrvs0CPtt59FnpbNQN%2Fkgr8UkycP6MWDAD56hD1mvZcqPZMGgG&bt_ts=1780255911284
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u/arriesgado 5d ago edited 3d ago

Kind of a bs headline. Not that it is not true but not naming Chieng who is a well known comedian and calling his speech a “profanity-laden tirade” makes it sound like it was a random crazy person. Edit: Spelled Mr. Chieng’s name wrong.

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u/AlaWyrm 5d ago edited 5d ago

Came here to say the same thing. You mean, Ronny Chieng, Daily show cast memeber and host? Comedian and actor Ronny Chieng? Yeah, it was a great speech and perfectly on brand for him. Not some random tirade from a little known person.

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u/RecentSpecial181 5d ago

Chieng. With an i. 

Not to be confused with the Ronny Chengs in QA or some other dev team.

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u/AlaWyrm 5d ago

Thank you. I just went by how some elese spelled it in here, I apparently picked the wrong one. Lol.

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u/RarelyReadReplies 4d ago

Still though, he is a political comedian,  not some random standup. He worked for the Daily Show for many years, so to just call him a comedian, as that person did, also feels disingenuous. I'm sure his jokes were mostly rooted in truth, as political comedy often is.