I would go one step further and say the entire secondary ecosystem of AI influencers is probably making it a lot worse. “Permanent underclass” and other memes are deeply threatening to a lot of people…
Claas Voelcker
again, staying completely silent on the actual merits of ai, the initial ai boosters basically campaigned on "this will eliminate your job, forever, and make me personally rich." it should not surprise *anyone* that this provoked a backlash.
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
the overwhelming message the AI industry has sent to young people is “this will ruin any chance you have at a stable career”, of course college grads are booing it
regardless of the reality of the claims, the way this technology has been sold is one of the greatest self-inflicted PR disasters ever
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida.
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