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"

Eric Schmidt received jeers for bringing up AI during a University of Arizona commencement speech, and Gloria Caulfield was booed at a University of Central Florida commencement after mentioning AI. Both incidents reflect growing backlash from millions of students entering the workforce who feel executives celebrate AI while prioritizing investments that can come at the cost of creating new jobs. Ronny Chieng delivered a profanity-laden Harvard Class Day speech that drew rapturous applause for telling students to destroy AI. He cited concerns about skill atrophy and “cognitive surrender,” where users abandon their own reasoning to adopt an AI model’s views. He distinguished medical and physics uses from the broader problem of accumulating cognitive debt.

"“Can I just say f*** AI, f*** AI, f*** AI?” Chieng said, triggering rapturous applause. “I'm glad you agree. It's so stupid. A lot of other respected graduation speakers at colleges around America are talking about you guys needing to master AI for the future.”"

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