UCF Graduates Boo Speaker for Calling AI the Next Industrial Revolution

At the University of Central Florida's graduation for the College of Arts and Humanities and the Nicholson School of Communication and Media on May 8, Gloria Caulfield, who is the vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Group, encountered a negative response from the audience. When she called artificial intelligence the "next industrial revolution," she was met with boos from thousands of graduates. Caulfield took a moment to acknowledge the crowd’s reaction, asking, "Oh, what happened? Okay, I struck a chord. May I finish?" Someone shouted out, "AI SUCKS!" This moment highlights the growing tension between the tech sector's enthusiasm for AI and the concerns of graduates in the humanities about its impact on creative fields.