The new college graduation ritual: booing AI

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As artificial intelligence forces students to rethink their majors and reshapes the job market , it's clear that graduates don't want to hear about the technology on their big day. The big picture: Several commencement ceremonies have been interrupted by boos and jeers when speakers have brought up AI, an indicator that while the tech is easing into many parts of life , not everyone is on board . Driving the news: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt drew repeated boos Friday while discussing AI at th

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▪ ‘Lesson learned’: Arizona college’s AI system botches graduation, gets booed — The College Fix

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