The 1600: A Message to the Class of 2026
Summary
At several college graduations this year, speakers promoting artificial intelligence (AI) were met with boos and jeers from students. Many young people feel worried and unhappy about AI taking over jobs and changing their futures without their consent.Key Facts
- At University of Central Florida, a speaker calling AI the "next Industrial Revolution" was loudly heckled.
- Scott Borchetta, a music industry CEO, was booed at Middle Tennessee State when discussing AI's impact on production.
- Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, almost got booed at University of Arizona while talking about AI's influence on graduates' lives.
- Glendale Community College faced backlash when their new AI system malfunctioned during the graduation ceremony.
- A poll found 47% of people aged 18-29 believe "AI is mostly bad," compared to 24% of those 65 and older.
- Many tech leaders promote AI as a way to replace large parts of the workforce to cut costs.
- Young people feel upset that AI may take away their jobs and that leaders don’t show enough concern for the human impact.
- The article includes a draft commencement speech apologizing to graduates for being misled about career prospects in an AI-driven future.
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