Bill Maher's poignant message to the Class of 26

[Magical Realist]

Timely words with a punch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBJw5pp-6_U

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VIDEO EXCERPTS: And I gotta say, the kids are right. They're right to fear that in the age of AI, that degree they're holding is about as useful as your unused miles on Spirit Airlines.

[...] Rahm Emanuel ... wants to make college great again. Cheaper, faster, more accessible. It sounds exciting and looks good on a campaign website, but it's a little like buying manned fighter jets in the age of drones. As it is, only about 35 percent of graduates get a job in their field of study.

And now with AI... English major? AI can write. Computer science major? AI can code. Music major? AI already has songs on the charts. Philosophy major? AI can learn to write names on coffee cups.

And it's not like college was doing such a bang-up job before Google Gemini came along. Six hundred desperate professors from the California university system just signed an open letter to let people know that a lot of the kids coming into their college classroom have to be taught middle school math. Sadly, today many young people cannot locate on a map the countries we're bombing.

[...] Look, we all want the good parts of AI, solving medical mysteries, figuring out clean energy, but the vast majority of us will never use it for that. For us, it's a lobotomy with a monthly fee.

[...] I think it's great that students have this instinct to get involved and take up causes, and many are worthy, but get serious. Your "issue" shouldn't be Zionists or trans or plastic straws. No, your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to fight for humans and make sure we're not completely replaced.

And you can't do it if you are hopelessly dependent on the thing that's replacing you. Ninety percent of today's college students admit they've used AI "academically," and 73 percent of the faculty say they've had to deal with AI integrity issues, formerly known as cheating...