UCF graduates boo commencement speaker for calling AI "the next industrial revolution"

At a UCF commencement, Tavistock executive Gloria Caulfield described AI as the next industrial revolution.

Graduates responded with sustained boos, pushing back against fears that AI will replace jobs in writing, analysis, and communication.

The backlash highlights growing anxiety among students and workers about automation hitting white-collar and creative fields.

The reaction comes amid accelerating layoffs and disruption across media, humanities, and other knowledge-work sectors.