Some grads also booed Schmidt over sexual assault allegations made against him last year.

Eventually, he told graduates, “When someone offers you a seat on the rocketship, you do not ask which seat, you just get on.” Such comments are hardly surprising from someone who just last year called AI “underhyped.” But it’s also just another example of Silicon Valley’s inability to read the room. Gloria Caulfield didn’t get the memo, either. Public opinion has turned increasingly against AI, but companies keep cramming it into every part of our lives, whether we want it or not.