00:00Three graduation ceremonies, three AI disasters, one very clear message.
00:05Artificial intelligence. Interesting.
00:10Here's what's happening.
00:11Only 30% of last year's college graduates landed full-time jobs after graduation.
00:16That's down from 41% the year before.
00:19That's the graduating class of 2026.
00:21That's who's in these seats.
00:23On May 8th, UCF commencement speaker Gloria Caulfield, a real estate executive,
00:27takes the stage at the ceremony for students in journalism, film, advertising, and creative writing.
00:33The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.
00:41Oh.
00:47What happened?
00:50Okay, I struck a chord.
00:53One week later, Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, does the same thing at University of Arizona,
00:58but he sees it coming.
00:59There is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written,
01:07that the machines are coming, that the jobs are evaporating,
01:11and that you are inheriting a mess that you did not create.
01:15He tries to close on hope.
01:17The future is not yet finished.
01:19It is now your turn to shape it, and thank you very much, and good night.
01:26And then Glendale Community College in Arizona skipped the speech entirely
01:31and just let the tech make the argument for them,
01:33deploying a new system that reads graduates' names at the May 15th ceremony.
01:37Derek Martinez.
01:41Eliza Layla.
01:42It skipped hundreds.
01:45Students crossed the stage in silence.
01:47I, this, what's, this is, here's what's happening.
01:49We're using a new AI system as our reader.
01:57That's the president of Glendale Community College, Dr. Tiffany Hernandez.
02:02She told the crowd there was no time for a redo, which then led to more booze,
02:06so then they reversed and had the students walk across the stage with real people reading the names out.
02:11Now, I've talked on this channel before about how AI is taking over creative and professional jobs
02:15and how our audience feels about it.
02:17The comments were on the same page.
02:19This generation is not interested unless it's actually life-altering news.
02:23I've seen this pattern building for months now.
02:25Supporters of the speakers say they're just being honest.
02:27Graduates are walking into a workforce already reshaped by this technology,
02:30and staying silent about it would be a disservice.
02:33Critics are putting it plainly.
02:34As one UCF grad said, quote,
02:36I don't think we're having a hard time accepting it.
02:38We're having a hard time acknowledging that it's taking away job opportunities from us.
02:42So, here's the big question.
02:44Is this generation anti-AI, or was this just a wrong place, wrong time situation?
02:49Drop your take in the comments and follow us here for more.
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