This sentence about AI got Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak applause-not boos-for his commencement speech

Steve Wozniak mentioned AI during a commencement speech, saying graduates have “AI-actual intelligence” and describing his lifelong interest in building a brain. He said he once worked where engineers figured out how to make a brain, taking nine months. Wozniak also said he does not use AI much, often finding AI outputs too dry and too perfect, and feeling disappointed. Other public AI-promoting remarks have drawn boos, including claims that AI is the “next industrial revolution” and comparisons of AI to computers’ transformative impact. At Glendale Community College, an AI system used to read students’ names missed hundreds, and leaders were booed after technical difficulties.

"“You all have AI-actual intelligence,” Wozniak said, eliciting applause from the audience. “My entire life in the technical world, I've been following people that were trying to figure out how to make a brain.” “I was at a company where the engineers figured out how to make a brain,” he continued, saying it “takes nine months.”"

"“I don't use AI much at all,” Wozniak said during a March interview with CNN. “I often read things [AI produces], and they just sound too dry and too perfect. I want something from a human being, and I'm disappointed a lot.”"

"At the University of Central Florida on May 8, humanities department commencement speaker Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Development Co., was booed after touting AI as the “next industrial revolution.” Last Friday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was also booed during his graduation speech at the University of Arizona after he compared AI to the transformative impact of computers."

"In Arizona on May 15, during the Glendale Community College commencement, an AI system used to read graduating students' names missed hundreds of students' names. Leaders of the university were booed after the technical difficulties. “We're using a new AI system as our reader,” said the school's president, Tiffany Hernandez, while the crowd booed."

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