University of Arizona students enjoy Eric Schmidt’s AI

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the commencement address at the University of Arizona on Friday. And, when his speech started talking about AI, he was repeatedly drowned out by boos. AI is already a hot topic, and it’s no wonder that those who are about to enter the damaged job market feel a bit disinterested.

Schmidt acknowledged the concern, according to Business Insiderthe fear that “machines are coming, jobs are going to vaporize, that the weather is breaking, politics is broken, and that you will inherit a mess you didn’t make,” was “understandable.” But Schmidt’s frustration was also palpable, as he shuffled to the back of the podium and begged the crowd to let him make his point.

Later, he told the graduates: “When someone offers you a seat on a rocket, you don’t ask which seat it is, you just get on. Such comments are not surprising from someone who only called AI last year “contemptible.” But it’s just another example of Silicon Valley’s inability to read the room. Gloria Caulfield He didn’t get the memo, though. People’s opinions he is he turned around more and more against AI, but companies continue to infiltrate every part of our lives, whether we like it or not.