Commencement speakers in 2026 warn graduates about AI's disruption of jobs and society, often met with booing as students express frustration over the technology's rapid advance and uncertain future.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by graduates during a commencement speech after he told them AI is inevitable and that being anti-AI is like being anti-immigrant. The author argues the booing was a form of human innovation and defiance that AI could not predict or replicate, highlighting the value of unexpected human responses in an age of automation.