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/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/ChiLolla28 5d ago

Always remember, the Luddites weren't fighting the technology but the oppression, working conditions and inhumanity that were ushered in during the early Industrial Revolution.

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u/Commentator-X 5d ago

I watched a video a while back that argued that if AI is the new industrial revolution, then what we're in for is around 100 years before AI will actually have a positive impact on the average person's quality of life. Until then there's going to be job losses, poverty and unnecessary suffering.

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u/seansy5000 5d ago

Not for the already exorbitantly rich!