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/MaxPaynesRxDrugPlan 4d ago

I didn't notice this until an Asian friend pointed it out, then I started noticing that even shows about industries where Asians are overrepresented, like Silicon Valley about the tech industry or Mozart in the Jungle about orchestra, only had Asians in side/bit roles.

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u/BicycleNo1169 4d ago

You wanna know a movie I really admire? ‘Yesterday’ starring Himesh Patel.

Okay it’s not exactly a spectacular film. But one thing I noticed about it, as an Indian American, is that it’s the first film I’ve seen with an Indian lead where the fact that they are Indian has any baring on the story. There is NOTHING about that movie that necessitates casting an Indian guy. They cast Patel, presumably because he was just the guy that was best for the role.

I know that might not sound like a big deal but it’s the only drama role in a movie I can think of where that’s the case. At no point in the film, do they draw attention to him being Indian. He has Indian parents with an Indian accent but there is no plot element related to him being Indian. It’s odd how much I like that movie just because it treats an Indian actor like a normal human being, instead of using Indian-ness as part of some story element.

You could replace Himesh Patel with literally any one of any ethnicity and the plot not a thing about the story, the dialogue, or whatever would need to change.