Maybe people aren’t rejecting AI as much as they’re rejecting a future that’s being imposed on them. When students boo the mention of AI at commencement speeches, it’s a signal of a societal undercurrent quietly, and eventually, loudly, pushing back against a perceived threat. And it’s not the technology that’s a threat as much as how AI, or at least the AI narrative, is wielded by doomer CEOs of frontier AI companies (AI will take jobs!) and the decisions executives…
