If they can so confidently know when and where humanity is going, then I can say so too: Listen up.
The day is coming, when, at just the moment when millions of good jobs are AI-destroyed and UBI is introduced to white collar workers, a huge, unstoppable protest will march in Silicon Valley, and the outcome will cause change in the AI industry comparable to historic revolutions. The idea is already forming.
Some grads in Class2026 booed the leaders, booed their speakers. Really, we've all been here in the past when technological revolutions transformed us on global scale.
May 8, 2026: At the University of Central Florida commencement a real estate executive speaker called AI the "next industrial revolution." She was met with boos.
May 15, 2026: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with boos during a University of Arizona commencement speech after discussing AI and fears the technology could reshape or replace parts of the workforce.
May 10, 2026: At MTSU, music exec Scott Borchetta is booed by graduates in commencement speech, saying "AI is rewriting production as we sit here."
A December Harvard Youth Poll found that the majority of young people between the ages of 18 and 29 believe that AI poses a threat to their job prospects.
Jensen Huang addressed Carnegie Mellon graduates at their commencement ceremony, saying, “A new era of science and discovery is beginning.”
Dario Amodei predicted last year that AI could wipe out half of entry-level, white-collar positions by 2030.
Microsoft exec Mustafa Suleyman predicted human-level performance on most, if not all professional tasks being done by AI...will be fully automated by AI within the next year or 18 months.
April 10, 2026: a 20-year-old man threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's residence.
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