Re:Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation
by throwaway173738 on Monday May 18, 2026 @08:52AM
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What’s truly astonishing is that all of that money could be spent on bettering real people’s lives, but instead it gets spent on hubris.
You imply that the change is inevitable. AI isn't inevitable.
It requires governments to allow the construction of datacentres and for companies to be able to spend vast amounts of money they don't have for the hope of future return, which will inevitably result in a too-big-to-fail cascade which gets money dragged out of the middle/lower class via slogans like "we're all in this together".
None of this is required. The idea that humanity is stuck on this future pathway is frankly bunk.