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Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
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TL;DR
- College graduates are viral clips of them booing commencement speakers who mention AI.
- Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith addressed this trend in a blog post.
- Smith suggested that the student backlash is a 'wake-up call' for adults and a sign to 'raise the bar' on AI.
- The article questions the sincerity of the tech industry, noting past warnings about AI's effects that were later softened.
- An alternative interpretation is that Microsoft's message is aimed at executives rather than the protesting graduates.