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  • Discussed here (2 days ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177785
    by sarreph
  • Correctly or not (probably to some degree correctly) new grads are hearing AI is a major reason why they're having trouble finding jobs which is simultaneously 1.) Probably mostly has always been the case--I no longer have the vast sheaf of rejection letters when I ever got one at all and 2.) Is anecdotally actually the case for a variety of reasons that also include pandemic overhiring and probably an out-sized AI effect on junior engineers, probably especially programmers.
    by ghaff
  • The kids are alright.
    by bogzz
  • There was an effort to disinvite him as soon as it was announced that he was the speaker.[1] And then when that failed, activists passed out flyers encouraging students to boo Schmidt during his speech.[2] This all took place before he set foot on campus because of alleged sexual harassment.

    This wasn't about what everyone wants it to be about.

    [1] https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/article_078e...

    [2] https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/article_ab7e...

    by billbrown
  • Tech execs made choices that made the public hostile to AI. They told everyone they were going to lose their jobs a not participate in the upside (implication: they get all the wealth). They cozied up to a corrupt administration that stripped public benefits while enriching themselves (now from tax dollars). They forced towns to accept environmentally toxic data centers that take their water/power

    We’re all going to suffer the economic consequences of being left behind in AI (and other fields) all because execs wanted to double down on privatize the gains / socialize the losses.

    by softwaredoug
  • > Tennessee State University suggested AI was "rewriting production as we sit here" and told his audience to "deal with it" as they jeered him in response.

    Guess it doesn't take much to see what's under the mask.

    by analogpixel
  • GenAI is the first technology that I've ever seen that is actively rejected by young adults and fervently pushed by people over 55.

    It seems Eric Schmids of the world think they (in their 70s) have more say about the future of these students than the students themselves. That is very unlikely.

    by romaniv
  • Eric Schmidt’s speech was particularly bad regardless of the subject, his condescending tone alone deserved the booing.
    by tedggh

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