College graduates are reacting with both cheers and boos toward AI at commencement ceremonies, showing anxiety and anger about how quickly AI is entering daily life. At the University of Central Florida, students cheered a reminder that AI was not previously a factor, then booed when AI was framed as the next industrial revolution. At the University of Arizona, Eric Schmidt acknowledged fears about jobs, climate, and politics, but urged graduates to shape AI rather than resist it. At Glendale Community College, an AI-powered announcement system mispronounced, mixed up, or skipped hundreds of names, fueling frustration. These reactions connect to wider generational resentment tied to strained human interactions and a volatile economy.
"Only a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives."
"the rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution."
"the machines are coming, the jobs are evaporating, that the climate is breaking, that politics are fractured"
"The question is not whether AI will shape the world. It will. The question is whether you will have shaped artificial intelligence."
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