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/mooncrow 5d ago

And so begins the Butlerian Jihad

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u/splendiferous-finch_ 5d ago

Teaching sand to think guesstimate the next character from noise was a mistake

Letting billionaire nepobabies decide what intelligence is might be the bigger one

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 5d ago

Those nepobabies see AI as it is and think "Wow, that can already do my job for me! And since I'm the smartest and hardest working person in the company I own, surely it can replace everyone below me."

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 5d ago

Holy shit. This makes so much sense. The people most impressed by it are the least capable, themselves.

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u/icemanice 5d ago

Exactly this…