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U of Arizona graduated roughly 10,000 students this weekend.

Schmidt could have paid off every student loan for every graduate in full and not even noticed it as a rounding error in his net worth.

Would have done so much more for humanity that this vapid speech.

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fact that universities admin think this speaker was a good choice also shows how out of touch admin has been

Plural. The fact that the multiple universities admins think it a good idea to invite those speakers shows how out of touch a whole class of people is with society. As of yesterday evening there were three reported booing events on commencement speeches, all having AI as topic. In one case they let AI read out the name of the students to enter the stage for their diploma and the AI forgot a couple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFCNd61FCzY

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