{"id":550,"date":"2026-05-13T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=550"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:06:19","slug":"ucf-graduates-boo-tone-deaf-speaker-who-praised-ai-as-next-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"UCF graduates boo \u2018tone deaf\u2019 speaker who praised AI as \u2018next Industrial Revolution\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>A University of Central Florida commencement speaker\u2019s speech praising artificial intelligence was meet with thunderous boos from graduates during a ceremony last week, a sign of how some young people dislike the technology\u2019s encroachment into the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=548\">Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China\u2019s Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gloria Caulfield, an executive from Tavistock Development Company, spoke to graduates from UCF\u2019s College of Arts and Humanities and School of Communication on May 8. During her speech, Caulfield lauded AI as the \u201cnext Industrial Revolution,\u201d setting off a chorus of boos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Caulfield said, backing away from the lectern and looking to the other university leaders on stage at UCF\u2019s arena. \u201cOkay, I struck a chord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Delaney, one of the UCF graduates at the ceremony,\u00a0said Caulfield\u2019s speech was \u201ctone deaf\u201d and \u201clike watching a car crash in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her poorly received comments on AI, he said Caulfield\u2019s background as a real estate executive \u2014 Tavistock is the developer of Orlando\u2019s Lake Nona community \u2014 didn\u2019t match the majors, interests and plans of this group of UCF graduates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just full of word salad, empty platitudes, and really had nothing to do with me,\u201d Delaney said of Caulfield\u2019s speech, which focused on how people are often skeptical of new technology, though it often ends up a success.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old graduated with a major in digital media and minor in computer science.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=540\">AG Uthmeier issues investigative subpoena to NFL over Rooney Rule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delaney didn\u2019t boo, he said, but understood why other students did. Caulfield\u2019s remarks underscore the growing divide between how corporate executives feel about the AI in everyday life and how regular people feel, he added.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Half of the adults in the United States say they are more concerned than excited about the increasing use of AI in daily life, according to a March survey by the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>The boos at UCF quickly went viral on social media platforms with posts about the speech gaining millions of views online. Delaney said he had friends in his home state of Alabama text him that they\u2019d seen a clip of it on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tech world has genuinely not grappled with how many people despise them and what they make,\u201d read a post on X that included a clip of the speech and garnered more than 6 million views and 63,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2019s media relations department did not respond to a request for comment on the reaction of the graduation speech<strong>, <\/strong>and Tavistock did not respond to an email requesting comment from Caulfield.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=538\">Medical incident may be cause of Delta worker\u2019s fatal crash at Orlando airport<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The graduates didn\u2019t boo at everything Caulfield said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The graduates cheered and applauded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF graduates boo commencement speaker who praised AI as &#8216;next Industrial Revolution,&#8217; setting off a chorus of negative reactions in the university&#8217;s arena and later on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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