In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
TL;DR
University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surprised by this are the executives themselves. In a procession of viral videos, 2026 commencement speakers like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt face loud and sustained jeers from students after praising AI and describing the technology as both inevitable and mandatory.
Nauti's Take
Refreshing that the conversation finally goes public: students are pushing tech CEOs to engage honestly with the labor market rather than serve up AI platitudes — a healthy correction of the hype tone. The catch is that blanket anti-AI rage helps no one, least of all the graduates who will actually need these tools to earn a living.
Anyone taking a commencement stage should bring concrete answers on jobs, reskilling, and responsibility instead of inevitability rhetoric. For Nauti this is a positive shift, provided it turns into real debate rather than pure booing.
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