By now, you’ve heard from your professors about their AI policies. Perhaps you’ve also heard that AI is destroying the college experience, or that AI might cause the extinction of the human race. Or maybe AI will cure all cancers, end global poverty, and deliver superintelligence for everyone.
It’s no wonder college graduates are booing commencement speakers who talk about AI and doomerism has taken over the news: Everything they have heard about it has convinced them that AI is malignant, or at least dangerously unpredictable.