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this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

idk most of the engineering students i talk to are writing their theses about something AI-related or working on projects about industrial uses for AI. they would not be booing this speech. for better or worse (imo: worse!) there is a lot of acceptance for LLM technologies in certain fields.

Alot of research and technical work that would have been called "machine learning" or "advanced algorithms" has been rebranded as "AI" because it's considered a magic encantation by CEOs and politicians.It's often required to get funding.