Students boo commencement speaker over AI remarks
ucf graduates booed speaker gloria caulfield after she called ai the 'next industrial revolution,' highlighting backlash against automation threats to humanities jobs.
speaking to graduates of the university of central florida's college of arts and humanities, tavistock group vp gloria caulfield sparked a walkout-level reaction by asserting that ai represents the 'next industrial revolution.' the crowd's hostile response, including chants that 'ai sucks,' underscores the deep resentment among humanities students entering a workforce where ai is linked to significant job displacement. this backlash occurs as data shows ai contributed to over 21,000 job cuts in april alone and tech leaders like palantir's ceo predict ai will 'destroy' roles in the humanities.