College graduates are turning their tassels and heading into a labor market upended by AI. Knowing how to prompt, vibe code, and work alongside AI agents have increasingly become an expectation—but AMD CEO Lisa Su says knowing how to use the tools isn’t enough.
“The world does not just need people who know how to use powerful tools, it needs people who know what to use them for, people with a sense of purpose, judgment, courage,” Su recently told MIT’s class of 2026 graduates during her commencement address.
“People who look at a hard problem and say ‘I know this is really, really important, and we can figure this out’” are the next change-makers, according to the semiconductor leader.
And Su is not alone in believing big thinkers will stay afloat in the AI revolution; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emphasized that beyond being tech savvy, professionals need to leverage human skills like judgement and creativity to win out. And Sam Altman, the leader of OpenAI, said that talent who have good “taste” and human judgement in the AI era will make their mark.
AMD chief tells young grads they have great responsibility in shaping future with AI
