The remark reportedly that free the boos: "Change is exciting. And let’s face it: change can be daunting. The rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution.” It's surprising to me how something that's about as neutral as you can get about something that everyone, especially fresh grads, should be thinking actively about, simply draws this knee-jerk reaction. Or maybe even the Industrial Revolution is such a reviled concept these days, that she may as well have said, "This will change history the way the destruction of WWII did," and the reaction may have been less negative.
> everyone, especially fresh grads, should be thinking actively about,
Everybody is already thinking about AI. Hearing another 'business leader' yapping about it at commencement is the equivalent of working at the guitar store and hearing somebody play Stairway to Heaven for the 10,000th time that week.
If the Industrial Revolution is reviled it's at least partly because of the deadliness of the technology and wars it made possible. Both wars feature a single technological change that by themselves are to this day considered weapons of mass destruction. But you don't have to look to war as to why the Industrial Revolution is reviled at times. You cannot make a solid argument that the many protests and critiques against the Industrial Revolution were or are illegitimate ones. Or that we're not now suffering immensely due to inaction and ignorance of said criticisms. Climate change being another undeniable one. If you believe that AI is like an Industrial Evolution in the factors which it purports to be right now then why mock protests against it? This is like arguing for an unadulterated Industrial Revolution. No rational actor wants to see social strife on that level again. Both fascism and communism can be traced to unfettered industry.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 25.1 ms ] threadEverybody is already thinking about AI. Hearing another 'business leader' yapping about it at commencement is the equivalent of working at the guitar store and hearing somebody play Stairway to Heaven for the 10,000th time that week.
HN: "That is a very neutral statement about XYZ."
Ok dude.