
Engineer's instinct: Lisa Su urges MIT graduates to tackle hard problems together in the AI era
In her MIT Class of 2026 remarks, Lisa Su recalls her journey from MIT to IBM and AMD, praises UROP and the ‘mind and hand’ ethos, and argues AI will accelerate discovery but must be guided by people with purpose and judgment. She urges graduates to chase hard problems with teamwork and an engineer’s instinct, and to recognize that luck plays a role in turning ambitious ideas into reality.












