{"id":217490,"date":"2026-05-20T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/artificial-intelligence-why-college-graduates-are-booing-commencement-speakers-across-the-country\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:20:21","slug":"artificial-intelligence-why-college-graduates-are-booing-commencement-speakers-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/artificial-intelligence-why-college-graduates-are-booing-commencement-speakers-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence: Why college graduates are booing commencement speakers across the country."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/ai-college-graduation-speakers-eric-schmidt.html\">Artificial intelligence: Why college graduates are booing commencement speakers across the country.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/ai-college-graduation-speakers-eric-schmidt.html\">https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/ai-college-graduation-speakers-eric-schmidt.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-20 15:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"slate.com\">slate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly! Here is a summary of the article in an unordered list with 6 key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Graduation Speech Reactions<\/strong>: Recent commencement speeches at several universities saw graduates booing speakers who mentioned artificial intelligence (A.I.) due to the perceived negative impacts it has on their job prospects and overall future.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Viral Incidents<\/strong>: Incidents of booing related to A.I. became viral, particularly those speeches by speakers like Gloria Caulfield and Scott Borchetta.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Students\u2019 Outlook<\/strong>: University students, especially those nearing graduation, are increasingly anxious about the future, viewing A.I. as a threat to their employment and societal stability rather than a tool that will benefit them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Perception of A.I.<\/strong>: Students are familiar with A.I.\u2019s negative aspects, such as job displacement, ethical concerns, and privacy issues, which contribute to their resistance and vocal dissent against A.I. during these moments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Contrasting Perspectives<\/strong>: Despite the general discontent, not all students are against A.I., and some uses, like using AI for academic purposes, are widespread. However, recent trends show a growing concern among young scholars.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Positive Response to Human Touch<\/strong>: Delta CEO Ed Bastian\u2019s admission that he discarded AI-drafted speech in favor of a more personable, human touch was met with applause, indicating that students value genuine human engagement over AI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence: Why college graduates are booing commencement speakers across the country. https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/ai-college-graduation-speakers-eric-schmidt.html Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c51e6ed7-922c-463a-bdeb-6a1b13efca51.jpeg?crop=1478%2C985%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-217490","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\/217490"}],"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=217490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217492,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217490\/revisions\/217492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}