Will AI Replace You? What Graduation Speakers Told the Class of 2026.

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

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

Will AI replace you? What graduation speakers told the class of 2026.

With tassels dangling, college graduates cheered the politicians, musicians, CEOs, ballerinas and scientists who shared jokes and wisdom at graduation ceremonies this spring. They also protested, booed and caused some speakers to avoid the stage altogether.

Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and private equity managerial Gloria Caulfield, addressing graduates, both got booed recently as they talked up AI. You'd think commencement speakers would get the memo. But Scott Borchetta did not get the memo before speaking at Middle Tennessee State University. — Read the rest The post Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete appeared first on Boing Boing.

Gen Z boos graduation speakers as soon as they bring up this one thing...

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Commencement speakers are talking about AI. Graduating students don't want to hear it

The public is raising questions about AI.

Magic Johnson addressed AI in a graduation speech!

The NewYorkTimes.com reported “Magic Johnson, the former basketball player, pushed Tuskegee University graduates in Alabama to try out new technology, rather than be afraid of it.”  The May 21, 2026 article entitled “Will A.I. Replace You? What Graduation Speakers Told the Class of 2026” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/commencement-speakers-class-of-2026-artificial-intelligence.html) included these comments about Magic Johnson:“Sometimes …