Commencement! A time for students to reflect on their years of hard work. They've become an expert in their field or trade, and they've got the paperwork and the massive debt to prove it.
To mark this important milestone in their lives, the institution they earned their diplomas or degrees from often asks a speaker — an individual of industry or inspiration — to give a keynote and wax whimsical about what lies ahead for them. They give advice, share amusing stories, and impart a vision of your potential future.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is such an individual, and, funny story: he's so out of touch with the universe that he believed that a ton of graduates from the University of Arizona would love hearing about how AI is about to screw them right into poverty.
Read the room Eric. Maybe the U of A should have brought in someone else…
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