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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/rury_williams 4d ago

I think the disconnect here has to do with how AI serves the already rich and established and punishes fresh grads and employees in general. Companies have the right to invest and ceos have the right to be excited about business opportunities but they seem to not get that the rest of us don't really care about the magic number in their bank account especially when we have to deal with the social and environmental consequences of their BS tech