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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona U commencement speech
- thot_experiment 5mo agothe kids are alright
- _345 5mo agoIt doesn't sound like he was booed, more like the topic of AI was booed when mentioned
- egorfine 5mo agoThe insurmountable divide between the rich people's infantilism and real life struggles is what was booed.
- mpalmer 5mo agoHave we found the people who forced poor Eric to say those things about AI?
- cyanydeez 5mo agoYeah, why would these ultra wealthy not care about the social system in America that's been degraded to the point where when they mention AI taking all the jobs people are not greatful that they'll be replaced! So bizarre!
- antfarm 5mo agoThe part of his speech that I found most offensive was: "When someone offers you a seat on the rocketship, you do not ask which seat. You just get on. [...] Find a way to say yes." In my understanding, that's the billionaire class telling you where your place is in their plan for the world. Nobody asks if you even want to leave the planet, figuratively speaking. The last sentence in particular shows the contempt he has for the students in the audience, and is reminiscent of another (alleged) incident: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/tried-to-convince-me-i-enjoyed-assault-ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-accused-of-rape-former-partner-alleges-abuse/ar-AA1RfHLZ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/tried-to-convince-me-i-... The quoted part of the speech can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MYggR_PPRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MYggR_PPRg
- sitkack 5mo agoWhen someone demands you go to Epstein Island you swim if you have to. This is the same guy that is testing autonomous murder drones in Ukraine to make his next billion. So much let them eat cake energy with this guy.
- somelamer567 5mo agoYou're not serious, are you? Who is being "murdered" in Ukraine? Do those people have any right, or any business to be there? Whose country is Ukraine anyway?
- sitkack 5mo agoIn the phrase "murder drones", murder describes the the drone itself. It doesn't make a qualitative statement about the murder itself. A murder drone is a type of drone that operates autonomously, without an active operator, like an autonomous landmine. You have over indexed on the word.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> that's the billionaire class telling you where your place is in their plan for the world The interesting thing is the advice isn’t terrible. The speaker, however, has no right delivering it.
- wccvw 5mo agoWhat delulu-land do you live in where the advice is not terrible?
- antfarm 5mo agoI find his advice rather terrible to be honest. Accepting AI and integrating it deeply into your work and life so you won't be among those made obsolete by AI will accelerate exactly that replacement process even further. Looks a lot like a new variant of self-fulfilling prophecy.
- ChrisArchitect 5mo ago2 day old news OP; [dupe] The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188310 Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172419 Students boo commencement speaker after she calls AI next industrial revolution https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48096674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48096674 Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177107 An AI Hate Wave Is Here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173318
- RoyTyrell 5mo agoEric Schmidt? More like Eric Shit...