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AI Critics Booed, Students Reject Corporate AI Projects
5/31/2026
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- Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed at the University of Arizona when he discussed AI.
- Executive Gloria Caulfield was booed at the University of Central Florida after mentioning AI.
- Comedian Ronny Chieng gave an anti-AI speech at Harvard’s Class Day, warning AI creates “cognitive debt.”
- Journalist Fareed Zakaria warned about AI before speaking at Bard College.
- Students nationwide refuse to use AI at work and oppose their employers’ AI projects.
