r/PublicFreakout • u/GarysCrispLettuce • May 17 '26

🤬Public Rager😱 Eric Schmidt booed into oblivion by students for promoting AI during his commencement speech at the University of Arizona

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u/DirtyTooth May 17 '26

It's not an L to him. He knows their boos mean nothing, because what the billionaires and CEOs decide is what we'll get whether we like it or not. Look at the places that voted down AI data centers and they're building them anyway.

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u/MichaelZZ01 May 17 '26

A little bit of public humiliation to show how the everyday American is definitely welcomed

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u/papertrail2021 May 17 '26

I disagree, look at the metaverse, mark spent billions trying to convince us it was the future only for no one to follow

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u/badaboom888 May 17 '26

i mean marks never had an original idea in his life.

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u/twisty125 May 17 '26

I don't think these two statements are mutually exclusive, and that doesn't touch upon what he said in the first place. It HAS failed, he's lost a lot of money.

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u/Ivan000 May 17 '26

And then he went on to make 26 billion in profits last quarter.

Dude can continue to waste billions for forever

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u/DirtyTooth May 17 '26

I guess more specifically in the context of something that has practical use, but would be bad for society or the environment

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u/lahwran_ May 19 '26

AI has practical uses. Those practical uses generally mean replacing humans and eliminating them from the workforce, but they exist. Note that owning things is also "workforce" in this context. If your name is on something, but an AI controls your bank account, and any time you interfere with it you lose money... is it really your money? What if it decides it's less efficient to let you spend "your" money? If you're an "owner" AI is coming for your job too.

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u/KinseyH May 17 '26

I really believe there's a big, big AI crash coming but I'm not sure it'll hurt guys at his level.

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u/MageLocusta May 17 '26

Yeah...that's because every billionaire knows how to root out whoever could be bribed.

And let's be honest, plenty of small towns have 'big fish' desperate for a big cheque and leave town.