UCF Graduates Boo AI Pitch at May 8 Commencement, Stunning Speaker Gloria Caulfield
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Updated · Boing Boing · May 11
UCF Graduates Boo AI Pitch at May 8 Commencement, Stunning Speaker Gloria Caulfield
3 articles · Updated · Boing Boing · May 11
May 8 commencement footage from UCF’s Nicholson School shows graduates booing and grumbling as speaker Gloria Caulfield praised AI as “the new industrial revolution.”
Caulfield appeared caught off guard, pausing to ask “What happened? I struck a chord. May I finish?” before later saying, “We’ve got a bipolar topic here.”
Communication and media students’ reaction reflected anxiety that AI is helping gut jobs in tech and media, even as executives promote the technology’s expansion.
The clash underscored a wider divide between AI boosters in corporate and investment circles and students entering industries that see the technology as a direct threat.
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