{"id":9978,"date":"2026-05-17T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9978"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:44:03","slug":"ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-booed-at-arizona-commencement-over-ai-sex-harassment-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9978","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona commencement over AI, sex harassment claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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The same platforms that gave everyone a voice \u2014 like you\u2019re using now \u2014 degraded the public square,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The boos for Schmidt grew louder as he discussed AI, which critics warn risks obliterating the jobs market for new graduates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you. There is a fear,\u201d Schmidt said, as he was briefly drowned out by boos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ritter was Schmidt\u2019s lover and business partner. <span class=\"credit\">Diggzy\/Jesal \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written, that the machines are coming, that the jobs are evaporating, that the climate is breaking, that politics are fractured, and that you are inheriting a mess that you did not create,\u201d he said, describing the fears as \u201crational\u201d before insisting young people should adapt or else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is not whether AI will shape the world. It will. 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