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Rachel Dratch Earns Dartmouth Honorary, Jokes About AI

6/18/2026

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U.S. comedian Rachel Dratch delivered a commencement address and received an honorary doctorate at Dartmouth College.
She performed her ‘Debbie Downer’ character, joking that AI will eliminate jobs, force mandatory gap years, and render foraging and hand-to-hand combat the most useful majors.
A Pew Research Center poll released on Wednesday found 16% of Americans are somewhat positive about AI’s impact on daily life, while 40% are somewhat negative.

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U.S. comedian Rachel Dratch delivered a commencement address and received an honorary doctorate at Dartmouth College.
She performed her ‘Debbie Downer’ character, joking that AI will eliminate jobs, force mandatory gap years, and render foraging and hand-to-hand combat the most useful majors.
A Pew Research Center poll released on Wednesday found 16% of Americans are somewhat positive about AI’s impact on daily life, while 40% are somewhat negative.