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Rachel Dratch brings back Debbie Downer to joke about AI and data centers in Dartmouth speech to grads
Rachel Dratch joked to Dartmouth grads that, "thanks to AI, there won't be any jobs left, so congrats to all on your mandatory gap years."
TL;DR
- Rachel Dratch used her Debbie Downer character in a Dartmouth commencement speech.
- She joked that AI will eliminate jobs, leading to mandatory gap years for graduates.
- Dratch suggested foraging and hand-to-hand combat as the most relevant college majors due to AI and impending water wars.
- AI's impact on careers is a recurring theme at commencement ceremonies.
- A Pew Research Center poll indicates a generally negative public sentiment towards AI's impact on daily life.
- Dratch also received an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth, comparing the time to earn it with prompting an LLM.