The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season
TL;DR
It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. “I can….
Nauti's Take
The interesting signal is generational: students raised with AI no longer applaud tech-celebrity rhetoric, which opens space for more honest debate. The problem is that boos do not replace arguments, and blanket rejection can harm progress as much as blind hype.
Execs and edu-tech vendors should listen rather than lecture if they want trust back.
Summary
It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it.
In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. “I can…
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