{"id":216604,"date":"2026-05-19T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements-wral-com\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:16","slug":"graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements-wral-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/35aec-graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/\">Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements :: WRAL.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/35aec-graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/\">https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/35aec-graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 12:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wral.com\">www.wral.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At several college commencements, graduates have shown significant discomfort with discussions about artificial intelligence (AI), frequently responding with booing when the topic arises.<\/li>\n<li>Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced repeated jeers during his keynote address to University of Arizona graduates, despite his efforts to acknowledge students&#8217; fears regarding the future impact of AI on their careers.<\/li>\n<li>Many students view AI as a threat, with polls showing that about 70% see it as detrimental to their job prospects, and there is a growing negative attitude among Generation Z towards AI.<\/li>\n<li>The unease towards AI at commencements reflects broader student anxiety, with students trying to determine which skills and majors may become obsolete due to AI advancements.<\/li>\n<li>Speakers attempting to highlight the positive aspects of AI, such as real estate executive Gloria Caulfield and music executive Scott Borchetta, have met with hostility from graduates.<\/li>\n<li>The discontent also stems from a challenging job market, where graduates face high unemployment rates and AI&#8217;s role in job requirements adds to their apprehensions.<\/li>\n<li>Despite attempts by AI supporters like Chris Duffey to frame AI as a tool that students can shape for their benefit, many find these messages unrelatable and self-serving, contributing to the overall negative reception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements :: WRAL.com https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/35aec-graduates-are-booing-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.wral.com\/01a6dbf6-abbe-525d-9e88-658cebe724a7?w=1200&h=630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-216604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216606,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216604\/revisions\/216606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}