Audience boos highlight AI skepticism as Schmidt speaks at UA commencement
TL;DR
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was loudly booed by students at the University of Arizona during a commencement speech about artificial intelligence. While Schmidt defended AI as the future and urged grads to help shape it, the visible backlash underscores growing anxiety about AI’s impact on jobs and society among the next generation entering the workforce.
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