Students are no longer buying the tech world’s hype—and they’re letting their feelings be known.
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The Class of 2026 Is Sick of Hearing About A.I.
Students are no longer buying the tech world’s hype—and they’re letting their feelings be known.
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Nitish Pahwa
Specter of AI Haunts Class of 2026
Gen Z's AI backlash is getting louder
College students are booing commencement speakers celebrating AI, but the wave of hate hasn’t stopped them from using it to cheat on their exams | Fortune
The sound of graduating from college in the AI summer of 2026: boo! | Fortune
The new college graduation ritual: booing AI
Booing Commencement Speakers Over AI Is Becoming a Trend
A record number of 18-year-olds are set to graduate into an economy designed against them | Fortune
In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
Recent commencement speeches show students are souring on AI. How deep does the disapproval go?
Why College Grads Hate AI
Simmering student fear and anxiety over how artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the job market—and humanity—came to a…
AI anxiety is growing and, in some cases, it's boiling over into public backlash.
The rise of AI has created cognitive dissonance among a generation resentful of AI for taking jobs, but feeling like they have to…
"There is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written, that the machines are coming, that the jobs are…
A poorly received commencement speech made by a real estate executive in the US has shown just how quickly young people are…
Graduates don't seem to want to hear about the technology on their big day.
