cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1159425/ronny-chieng-s-f-ck-ai-speech-met-with-cheers-from-harvard-graduates
“Can I just say fuck AI, fuck AI, fuck AI?” the comedian, actor, and rotating host of The Daily Show asked in his keynote speech during the Class Day celebration on Wednesday. The crowd at Tercentenary Theatre, made up of the graduating Class of 2026 and their friends and families, answered him with a roar of approval.
Except in that story, humanity rolled back to feudalism with “great houses” of rich families in charge. I’d like to aim for more of a Star Trek future or something maybe.
But we’re almost there. There are already a “House of Bezos”, a “House of Gates”, a “House of Musk”. The only thing they lack compared to the original history are their own atomic arsenal