Microsoft’s president responds to the AI backlash with a 3,000-word essay and zero policy changes
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith wrote a 3,000-word essay responding to graduates booing AI. He called it a wake-up call but offered no policy changes. Just adapt.
Microsoft President Brad Smith has responded to the wave of graduating students booing AI at commencement ceremonies with a 3,000-word essay that acknowledges their concerns and offers no concrete changes. Published on Microsoft’s official blog on Tuesday, the essay called the backlash a “powerful wake-up call for the tech sector.” His prescription: the graduates should adapt.
Smith cited his own experience at Princeton, where students rejected jacket designs they believed were created with AI tools. He framed the reaction alongside wider incidents: Eric Schmidt being booed at the University of Arizona, Gloria Caulfield booed at the University of Central Florida, and a college president booed after an AI system used to read graduates’ names skipped students entirely.
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