College graduates are entering a labor market transformed by AI, where prompting and working with AI agents are increasingly expected. AMD CEO Lisa Su says knowing how to use powerful tools is not sufficient; people must know what to use them for and bring purpose, judgment, and courage to hard problems. Other leaders similarly emphasize human strengths such as creativity, judgment, and “taste” as differentiators in the AI era. Su contrasts AI with earlier technology shifts by describing AI as accelerating discovery across sectors and helping address problems that were previously unsolvable. She stresses that AI will increase human capability, but people—not technology—will determine outcomes, making responsible use essential.
""The world does not just need people who know how to use powerful tools, it needs people who know what to use them for, people with a sense of purpose, judgment, courage," Su recently told MIT's class of 2026 graduates during her commencement address."
""People who look at a hard problem and say 'I know this is really, really important, and we can figure this out'" are the next change-makers, according to the semiconductor leader."
""Now, the way to think about [AI] is it makes each of us more capable, whether you're talking about medicine, science, energy, [or] climate," Su said. "But let me be clear about something: Technology itself does not dec"
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