{"id":216670,"date":"2026-05-19T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/u-of-a-graduates-among-students-to-boo-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:40:11","slug":"u-of-a-graduates-among-students-to-boo-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/u-of-a-graduates-among-students-to-boo-pep-talks-on-ai-at-college-commencements\/","title":{"rendered":"U of A graduates among students to boo pep talks on AI at college commencements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/05\/19\/u-graduates-among-students-boo-pep-talks-ai-college-commencements\/\">U of A graduates among students to boo pep talks on AI at college commencements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/05\/19\/u-graduates-among-students-boo-pep-talks-ai-college-commencements\/\">https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/05\/19\/u-graduates-among-students-boo-pep-talks-ai-college-commencements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 14:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.azfamily.com\">www.azfamily.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College graduates at several campuses have shown increasing resistance toward the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) during commencement speeches.<\/li>\n<li>This resistance is highlighted by booing and jeers when prominent figures, such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, discussed the rise and implications of AI.<\/li>\n<li>There is a prevalent fear among students that AI will negatively impact their job prospects and career plans.<\/li>\n<li>Surveys indicate that a majority of college students view AI as a threat to their future employment, contributing to a sense of anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>Key speakers at various universities have faced significant disapproval when stressing the potential benefits of AI, despite its controversial nature.<\/li>\n<li>The negative reactions underscore the broader concern that AI could render many traditional skills, majors, and jobs obsolete.<\/li>\n<li>The dismal post-graduation job market exacerbates these fears, with many graduates struggling to find employment despite high levels of education.<\/li>\n<li>The skepticism and vocal criticism of AI advocacy reflect a larger generational attitude shift, with growing negative sentiment towards AI among younger people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U of A graduates among students to boo pep talks on AI at college commencements&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-kpho-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/HUNSDCK6RNGM3D2NKEHFMTDJ2I.jpeg?auth=f2e9c156f622d6a1d7d9ef42778609ec48356bcbcdcc6b27c151568cc8bd55ce&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-216670","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\/216670"}],"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=216670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216673,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216670\/revisions\/216673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}