From @cmuratori: “But it happened.”

Casey makes the point that #EricSchmidt is seeking to absolve himself of the harms caused by and through Eric’s own business decisions during his term in #Google / #Alphabet, while transferring responsibility for the harms of #genAI onto the upcoming entry-level knowledge workers, who, unlike Schmidt’s successor, will have the least power of anyone involved to prevent those harms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlQ7EoJDTQY

#ai

Ex-Google CEO Faces Student Ire at Commencement

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced boos from University of Arizona graduates on May 16th during commencement, reportedly over AI comments.

#EricSchmidt, #UniversityOfArizona, #AI, #Commencement, #StudentProtest

https://newsletter.tf/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-booed-at-arizona-graduation/

Around 2000 students booed Eric Schmidt at the University of Arizona graduation on May 16th. This is a significant number of students showing disapproval.

#EricSchmidt, #UniversityOfArizona, #AI, #Commencement, #StudentProtest
https://newsletter.tf/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-booed-at-arizona-graduation/

This is very important to think about.

https://youtu.be/tlQ7EoJDTQY?si=6Q_iz4VsTt7knP6n

#google #ericschmidt #evil

qwant news | Artificial Hype, Authentic Resistance

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Students at recent commencement ceremonies are openly booing speakers who glorify artificial intelligence, signaling a growing backlash against the techno‑utopian hype promoted by Big Tech. The article argues that the current wave of AI tools—mostly large language models—are marketing constructs far from true human or artificial general intelligence, lacking emotional understanding, moral judgment, and often producing harmful outcomes. It links this over‑optimism to a modern form of digital eugenics, warning that biased algorithms can reinforce historic patterns of scientific racism and elitist control. The piece also highlights the economic bubble surrounding AI automation, noting that most companies see little return on AI investments and that costly, error‑prone systems are already disrupting education and healthcare. Ultimately, the youth’s anger is framed as a justified response to an industry that overpromises, underdelivers, and jeopardizes both jobs and the environment while ignoring the fundamental limitations of the technology.

Read more: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/artificial-hype-authentic-resistance/

#GloriaCaulfield #EricSchmidt #ElonMusk #BigTech #artificialintelligence #MarcAndreessen

The Guardian | US students on why they booed their pro-AI graduation speakers: ‘They’re not reading the room’ by Sanya Mansoor

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Recent college graduates across several U.S. campuses have repeatedly booed commencement speakers who extolled artificial‑intelligence as the next industrial revolution, seeing the message as out‑of‑touch and threatening to their career prospects. A music‑industry executive, Scott Borchetta, urged students to embrace AI even as they jeered, while former Google CEO Eric Schmidt received similar hostility for likening AI’s rise to the advent of the computer. The backlash reflects broader anxiety: a 2025 Harvard poll found most young Americans view AI as a job threat, and a national NBC‑News survey showed only 26 % of voters see AI positively. Students argue that their costly degrees feel devalued when AI can perform tasks for a fraction of the price, and they call for executives to acknowledge their concerns rather than press ahead with hype. Even an AI‑driven name‑reading system at a Arizona community‑college graduation sparked boos when it mispronounced graduates, underscoring the pervasive unease about AI’s role in education and the workforce.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/26/students-boo-pro-ai-graduation-speakers

#aiartificialintelligence #graduation #students #useducation #usworkcareers #JacobPagel #ScottBorchetta #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris #EricSchmidt

Big Tech’s relentless campaign to force AI into every interaction is beginning to show real signs of backfiring as awareness grows of the cost.

https://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/2026/it-essentials-nobody-wants-this?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=May_Nobody

#ericschmidt #technews #ai #standardchartered #google #bigtech

‘F*** this guy’: #Graduation speakers keep getting booed for talking about #ArtificialIntelligence

Commencement speakers want new graduates to feel optimistic about artificial intelligence — instead students are booing. New grads tell Josh Marcus that their fury about doddering policymakers and looming layoffs should be listened to

Saturday 23 May 2026 13:54 BST

"From coast to coast, commencement speakers have faced an audience of booing graduates each time they bring up artificial intelligence.

"The boos came when music executive #ScottBorchetta told the grads at Middle Tennessee State University, 'It’s a tool. Make it work for you.' The capped-and-gowned University of Central Florida crowd jeered when real estate executive #GloriaCaulfield called #AI the 'next industrial revolution.'

"But no one got it worse than former #Google CEO #EricSchmidt, whose May 15 speech at the University of Arizona was booed, nearly without interruption, for minutes on end.

" 'It was honestly one of the most surreal experiences,' Bailey Ekstrom, 21, an economics and political science graduate who was in the crowd, told The Independent. She had never seen campus opinion so unified, a mini-referendum suggesting the generation inheriting the post-AI world isn’t all that thrilled about it."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ai-college-graduation-eric-schmidt-google-b2981383.html

#ClassOf2026 #AISucks #DatacentersSuck