Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed by graduates at mention of AI
The reaction underscores a growing anxiety among students over AI's impact on jobs and their future careers.
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"I know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you."
— Eric Schmidt , Executive
"The future is not yet finished. It is now your turn to shape it."
— Eric Schmidt , Executive
"The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution."
— Gloria Caulfield , Executive
"Deal with it, like I said, it's a tool."
— Scott Borchetta , Executive
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