Graduation Speaker Says AI Is 'The Next Industrial Revolution,' Immediately Drowned Out by Booing Students

A piece of advice if you are giving a commencement speech this year: Do not talk to the kids about AI. That’s like talking up the coal mines to kids in the 1840s. They just don’t want to hear about how great the miserable future you’ve made for them is going to be from the people responsible for making it so bad. Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Group, found this out the hard way while speaking to a group of graduates at the University of Central Florida. During her commencement speech, she told the group, “Let’s face it, change can be daunting. The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.” That was met with a wave of boos from the crowd of kids getting ready to enter the workforce. Caulfield acknowledged that the message wasn’t being well received, saying, “Okay, I struck a chord. May I finish?” That was greeted by a very clear message from someone in the crowd shouting, “AI sucks!” She attempted to resume her speech, saying, “Only five years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives.” That got cheers and a round of applause. The kids yearn for an AI-free time. Shocker. Graduates dont love AI as much as the boomers using it