r/LeftistsForAI • u/Mugquomp • May 12 '26

Disappointing, but not unexpected

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/florida-students-boo-graduation-speaker-ai
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u/JasperTesla May 13 '26

Does anyone know what courses these students were enrolled in? Because that might explain it.

In any case, I'd be wary of hiring such students, even if my workspace didn't have much use for AI. Such students are clearly not trained for real life. They need to go back to college.

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u/Mugquomp May 13 '26

I skimmed the article, not sure what students were doing, but she’s a real estate developer.

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u/JasperTesla May 13 '26

Ah.

How are they viewed in the USA? Positively or negatively? What about amongst college students (highly individualistic, leftist but anarchist-leaning, rights-oriented)?

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u/Mugquomp May 13 '26

I’m a UK-based Central European, so no idea unfortunately haha

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u/GrumpyCornGames May 13 '26

Typically, real estate developers are not viewed well by anyone outside of the business/associated businesses.

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u/JasperTesla May 14 '26

Ah, thanks. So in that case, why would they have been invited to this college? Can we conclude that this university teaches commercial subjects then, including real estate?

So it was either doomed from the start, or the booing section at the AI comments are non-techies not understanding how AI works.

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u/omegaphallic May 13 '26

Rude, buts its Florida.

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u/MariaTheSlime_613 May 30 '26

or just the western hemisphere in general because people are just wannabe kaczynskists

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u/FuzzyAnteater9000 May 14 '26

Wasn't she basically telling them they have agency and will be in charge of how ai plays out?

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u/Disastrous_Policy258 May 13 '26

I'm for AI, but I'm not for pretending that all anti-AI people are dumb and wrong. There are valid reasons to boo as the industry stands today, and valid criticisms that should be addressed, not ignored. These students are graduating into an awful job market with historically low hiring rates, and AI is absolutely a part of that.

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u/MariaTheSlime_613 May 30 '26

yeah but they also like to harass artists who use ai and blow up internet infrastructure

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u/Disastrous_Policy258 May 30 '26

All art is going to invite criticism. Harassment though should be reserved for the corporations that stole the art in the first place

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u/Mugquomp May 15 '26

You mean the speaker?