Graduation Day and the AI Backlash

This spring, many college graduates in the United States booed some commencement speakers. At the University of Central Florida, graduates booed when speaker Gloria Caulfield called AI the next industrial revolution. Students felt the topic was tone deaf on a day for celebration.

Graduates say the job market and new technology make them worried about work. Some students chanted AI sucks and interrupted speeches. The boos show how young people feel uneasy about AI and jobs. Many students study arts, humanities, and media and worry their degrees will not lead to steady work. They used their voices to show anger and fear.