The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

AI 炒作指数:毕业季里 AI 遭到了嘘声

It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. 说 AI 将改变世界是一回事,但指望 2026 届毕业生为此鼓掌则是另一回事。事实上,当谷歌前首席执行官埃里克·施密特(Eric Schmidt)告诉亚利桑那大学的毕业生,他们的任务是帮助塑造 AI 时,迎接他的是一阵响亮的嘘声。

“I can hear you,” he said, before conceding that fears about disappearing jobs and a broken future were “rational.” This is not exactly the message one hopes to hear while sweating under a polyester gown and tallying student loan payments. “我听得见你们的声音,”他说,随后承认人们对工作消失和未来破碎的担忧是“合理的”。这显然不是人们在穿着聚酯纤维毕业袍汗流浃背、还要计算学生贷款还款额时想听到的寄语。

Graduates have been jeering at AI pep talks at other commencements too, including ceremonies at the University of Central Florida and Middle Tennessee State University. Still, increasingly loud skepticism hasn’t stopped OpenAI from winning court cases, raising enormous sums of money, and launching new partnerships. And AI is even earning some unlikely cheerleaders: Reese Witherspoon has warned women to embrace it or be replaced by it. 在其他毕业典礼上,毕业生们也对 AI 的鼓吹言论报以嘲讽,包括中佛罗里达大学和中田纳西州立大学的仪式。尽管如此,日益高涨的怀疑论并没有阻止 OpenAI 在法庭上胜诉、筹集巨额资金以及建立新的合作伙伴关系。AI 甚至还赢得了一些意想不到的拥护者:瑞茜·威瑟斯彭(Reese Witherspoon)就曾警告女性,要么拥抱 AI,要么被它取代。


Deep Dive: Artificial intelligence 深度观察:人工智能

Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts. According to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, AI is sprinting, and we’re struggling to keep up. By Michelle Kim. 想了解 AI 的现状吗?看看这些图表。根据斯坦福大学 2026 年的 AI 指数,AI 正在飞速狂奔,而我们正努力跟上它的步伐。(作者:Michelle Kim)

10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now 当下 AI 领域最重要的 10 件事

MIT Technology Review’s authoritative overview of the 10 technologies, emerging trends, bold ideas, and powerful movements in AI in 2026. By Amy Nordrum. 《麻省理工科技评论》对 2026 年 AI 领域 10 项技术、新兴趋势、大胆构想和强大运动的权威概述。(作者:Amy Nordrum)

Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models 马斯克诉奥特曼案第一周:埃隆·马斯克称自己被骗,警告 AI 可能毁灭人类,并承认 xAI 提炼了 OpenAI 的模型

Musk kept his cool, and OpenAI’s lawyer bulldozed him with piercing questions about his motivations for suing the company. By Michelle Kim. 马斯克保持冷静,而 OpenAI 的律师则用尖锐的问题对他发起猛攻,质疑他起诉该公司的动机。(作者:Michelle Kim)

A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content 美国推出面向基督徒的新型电话网络,旨在屏蔽色情和性别相关内容

Launching next week on T-Mobile’s network, the cell plan takes a nuclear approach to online safety. By James O’Donnell. 该移动套餐将于下周在 T-Mobile 网络上推出,采取了极其严厉的手段来保障网络安全。(作者:James O’Donnell)