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As I am reading the source, it is more weird than I initially accounted for. The speech she gave was fairly benign compared to some of the bigger quotables from Musk, Altman or other AI industiry figures. Basically, march of time and 'I remember when' kinda nostalgia.
But given how weirdly benign the speech was, I have to ask. Why the boos? Is there some context I am missing? Was the speaker recently on the wrong side of history?
I am asking half-jokingly, but it seems like there is a giant part that is missing somewhere and I have no reasonable way of explaining it.
I am lost as well. I am more confused about why she was even talking about AI at all in the speech. She could have just hit the high-notes and used the same cliches as many other speeches.
I feel mentioning AI in a commencement speech would be like me stating something in a graduation speech like, "Congratulations, class of 2026. The Carolina Hurricane have swept their opponents in both rounds of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. May your future be as bright as theirs."
No telling though. I am completely unaware of who the speaker even is.