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What makes the moment especially striking is who was doing the booing. These are students graduating into an AI-first world. A generation that grew up with ChatGPT, Instagram, TikTok algorithms and AI tools embedded into daily life. If anyone was expected to be relatively pro-AI, it was probably them. Instead, the mood inside at the venue reflected something else entirely: anxiety and disdain.
Many young workers now see AI less as a cool productivity tool and more as a direct threat to entry-level jobs, creative work and long-term career stability. That tension has been building for months across industries ranging from media and design to software and customer support. ....
According to Mehra, this is also why aggressive AI evangelism increasingly triggers discomfort instead of excitement. "Any narrative that pushes AI too much is now being seen as a threat, not an upgrade," he says. ...
But "inevitable" does not automatically mean "trusted." That gap may be the real story emerging now. ...
The boos perhaps matter more than people realise because students don't reject technology, far from it, it's because they no longer seem willing to accept Silicon Valley's version of optimism at face value.
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