It’s graduation season across American universities and one of the grand traditions in these ceremonies is the commencement speech, where a distinguished speaker delivers some life advice to the young adults setting out to conquer the world.The University of Arizona seemingly landed a big name for its speech: former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. But when Schmidt declared the coming tech revolution that artificial intelligence will usher in will be “larger, faster and more consequential than what came before”, he was loudly booed.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles