Artificial Intelligence glitch at Arizona college graduation sparks uproar from crowd
Artificial Intelligence glitch at Arizona college graduation sparks uproar from crowd
Publish Date: 2026-05-21 16:59:00
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I’ll be honest with you guys, I don’t know what to make of my feelings toward artificial intelligence, because my mood on the subject changes by the day.
Some days, I find myself thinking, “this isn’t so bad. It’s nice to get a helping hand from AI.”
Then there are other days when I curse its very existence and await the days when our robot overlords will hopefully grant us a merciful death.
AI letters and a robot hand are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration on June 23, 2023. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
It’s definitely a divisive subject, especially in this day and age of AI inundation, but one college graduation crowd made their feelings known regarding inhuman automation.
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According to CyberNews, the students at Glendale Community College revolted against AI when it was revealed during their graduation ceremony that the robot tasked with announcing the names of the new graduates experienced a glitch and skipped over hundreds of students who were set to hear their names as they walked across the stage.
The college’s president, Tiffany Hernandez, had to announce the error to the crowd, and the gathered masses quickly turned sour.
As soon as the letters “A” and “I” left this woman’s lips, the boos began to cascade down upon her like arrows on a medieval battlefield.
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“Here’s what’s happening. We’re using a new AI system as our reader,” Hernandez said, as the boos intensified. “So, that is a lesson learned for us.”
“So I’m going to have to disappoint many of you. We will not be able to walk the…
