US students on why they booed their pro-AI graduation speakers: ‘They’re not reading the room’
2026-05-26 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
College graduates are booing commencement speakers who hype AI, because nothing says 'congratulations on your achievement' like telling new grads their degrees might be worthless. Students at multiple universities pushed back against tone-deaf AI cheerleading from speakers who apparently missed the memo that their audience is terrified about job prospects. Turns out 'AI will replace you' isn't the inspirational sendoff anyone wanted.