{"id":229617,"date":"2026-06-10T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:20:11","slug":"microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Exec Responds to Graduates Booing AI with Compelling Argument: &#8216;Nuh Uh&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh-2000770103\">Microsoft Exec Responds to Graduates Booing AI with Compelling Argument: &#8216;Nuh Uh&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh-2000770103\">https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh-2000770103<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 16:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"gizmodo.com\">gizmodo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduating students across the country have been booing references to artificial intelligence (AI), including commencement speakers and college presidents associated with tech-related mishaps.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft President Brad Smith interpreted this reaction as misguided, viewing it as resistance to progress akin to historical fears about the camera replacing art.<\/li>\n<li>Smith argues that students should recognize AI&#8217;s benefits while maintaining control over its use, positioning human preferences as a fundamental market driver.<\/li>\n<li>He offers little in terms of addressing students\u2019 specific concerns about AI&#8217;s impact on job markets and societal inequalities, instead urging them to adapt and find purpose in AI-driven change.<\/li>\n<li>Smith\u2019s final message to graduates is to embrace AI&#8217;s influence on the workforce without fundamentally altering their values or long-held habits, suggesting they should feel heard but not prompting real action on their grievances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Exec Responds to Graduates Booing AI with Compelling Argument: &#8216;Nuh Uh&#8217; https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-exec-responds-to-graduates-booing-ai-with-compelling-argument-nuh-uh-2000770103 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6cb21a1348288dc7390593a9f8ffbd89.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-229617","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\/229617"}],"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=229617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229619,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229617\/revisions\/229619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}