{"id":218943,"date":"2026-05-22T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/whats-with-all-the-videos-of-college-graduates-booing-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:25:26","slug":"whats-with-all-the-videos-of-college-graduates-booing-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/whats-with-all-the-videos-of-college-graduates-booing-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s with all the videos of college graduates booing AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-23\/graduates-boo-ai-google-eric-schmidt-artificial-intelligence\/106701510\">What&#8217;s with all the videos of college graduates booing AI?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-23\/graduates-boo-ai-google-eric-schmidt-artificial-intelligence\/106701510\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-23\/graduates-boo-ai-google-eric-schmidt-artificial-intelligence\/106701510<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 14:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.abc.net.au\">www.abc.net.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of the key points in the article on graduates opposing AI during their graduation season in the US:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Unexpected Viral Trend:<\/strong> Graduates are booing and showing opposition to AI during graduation ceremonies, with several such incidents going viral on social media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns Over Job Market Impact:<\/strong> Many new graduates are worried that AI&#8217;s increasing presence will threaten their job prospects and competitive advantage in the job market.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Examples of Opposition:<\/strong> Real estate executive Gloria Caulfield\u2019s speech about AI being the &#8220;next industrial revolution&#8221; got boos from UCF arts and humanities graduates. Similarly, Eric Schmidt&#8217;s introduction as Time\u2019s 2025 Person of the Year for AI received loud discontent from University of Arizona graduates during his speech.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Technical Glitch at Glendale Community College:<\/strong> An AI system malfunctioning to incorrectly display graduate names led to frustration and booing, especially when the system couldn\u2019t switch to using human readers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Views on the Viral Trend:<\/strong> Experts like Xueyin Zha and Sarah Keith suggest that more than a widespread rejection, the viral videos reflect students\u2019 frustrations and lack of clarity regarding AI integration in higher education and ethical use.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Skepticism and AI Fatigue:<\/strong> Sarah Keith points out a broader societal fatigue and skepticism regarding AI, noting that constant AI-generated content online makes people more critical. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Navigating Complex Terrain:<\/strong> Universities are still formulating policies for appropriate AI usage, grappling with its vast potential benefits and harms, such as fostering creativity or hindering foundational skill acquisition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This resistance highlights the broader anxieties and skepticism surrounding AI among current students and the public.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s with all the videos of college graduates booing AI? https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-23\/graduates-boo-ai-google-eric-schmidt-artificial-intelligence\/106701510 Publish Date: 2026-05-22 14:51:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/d6e9e95b2d8a556b8680aac2c190de62?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1629&cropW=2906&xPos=94&yPos=368&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218943"}],"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=218943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218945,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218943\/revisions\/218945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}