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The most interesting thing in tech: If you are going to give a commencement address in the next couple of weeks, do not mention AI or you might get loud boos. It happened in Florida last week; and it… | Nicholas Thompson | 70 comments
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Last weekend was a tale of two commencement speeches. Both in Arizona, both to similar graduates. Eric Schmidt was booed. Harrison Ford was embraced. I listened to both. There's a lesson here about… | 🌀 Patrick Copeland | 18 comments
The initial report of Eric Schmidt being booed for mentioning AI is expanded into a fuller comparative analysis of two commencement speeches.
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Most tech revolutions made work worse for employees. AI could be the exception: this+that
The commencement address booing of AI mentions signals widespread worker anxiety about AI, directly challenging the new item's optimistic framing that AI could be the exception that benefits employees
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