AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su gave a commencement address to the graduating class of 2026 at her alma mater, MIT, this week. In many ways, Su's speech was typical fare, congratulating the graduating class for their hard work and offering reassuring anecdotes of overcoming challenges in order to achieve professional success. And then Su starts talking about AI.
This year's graduates are entering a job market that looks creaky at best, in part thanks to the advent of AI in the workplace. A number of speakers this month have offered completely tone-deaf addresses, expounding on the virtues of AI to this less than sympathetic audience. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was loudly booed by a stadium full of students after talking about AI, while another speaker was also met with boos for saying AI 'is the next industrial revolution'.
