Earlier this month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with jeers when he brought up AI during his commencement speech at the University of Arizona.
“Can I just say f*** AI, f*** AI, f*** AI?”
A lot of other respected graduation speakers at colleges around America are talking about you guys needing to master AI for the future.”.
“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” he told a far more receptive crowd.
“Your generation’s upcoming battle won’t be humans against AI; that’s at least two months away,” he added jokingly.
Put simply, they refuse to be replaced by machines as executives continue to celebrate AI as the next industrial revolution.
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