A funny thing has been happening at college graduations this spring.
The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.
A lot of commencement speakers are getting booed when they bring up AI.
This time it was the architects of artificial intelligence.
Interesting.
This reaction is happening all over the place.
From Florida to Tennessee to Arizona.
Why are all these college students booing commencement speakers when they bring up AI?
Well, you're expecting people to have a positive reaction to something that's an existential threat,
kind of, to their careers.
Our colleague Allison Pohle covers the workplace.
You have a commencement speaker and you're waiting for them to say something inspiring.
And then they tell you that AI is the future
and it's this inevitable thing that you need to accept and it's going to radically change the world.
Well, that message isn't really going over with a bunch of people
who have been told that AI is going to take away entry-level jobs and going to change their entire future.
They have no clue how it's going to shape their careers
because employers themselves don't even know how AI is going to shape their workforces.
And for people who are just getting in at the bottom level, yes,
that can be an opportunity, but it can also be really anxiety-inducing too.