“The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution”: Gloria Caulfield, a real-estate executive, praised AI in a commencement speech to arts and humanities and communications graduates and found herself booed. And then said that she had “struck a chord.”
No, lady, you struck a nerve.
Read all about it: “Graduates Boo Commencement Speech About A.I.” (The New York Times, gift link).
And here’s a longer excerpt from the speech.
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May 19: Ex-Google executive Eric Schmidt was booed in Arizona. Wipe that smirk of your face, mister. Nobody wants the future you’re selling.
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Friday, May 15, 2026
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I find myself wondering a real estate executive was giving the speech to arts, humanities, and communications majors.
I guess it wasn’t just the speaker who wasn’t reading the room.
wondering *why* etc. Yikes.
And then Eric Schmidt from Google got booed at another commencement speech for talking about AI yesterday... go grads!
I have to find that one. Good job, graduates!
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