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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Man, can you imagine, the meaningless platitudes that are normally said at these ceremonies, but it's not even a human speaker, but rather an overengineered loudspeaker.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Meaningless? I've listened to some excellent graduation speaches. Chris Hedges comes to mind

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I think, we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I know, I'm on the extreme side with never having liked such a ceremony. I think, it's because I simply stop feeling represented with the kind of generic speech you get when addressing more than a dozen people, because I guess, I'm just too special of a snowflake...

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So we should all shut up and stop calling for an end to genocide because its "generic speech"?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, that's not a generic speech to me. In that case, you're motivating a specific political issue and trying to convince anyone who's still on the fence. Contentious political issues have always been excluded from the ceremony speeches I attended.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why? That's kinda their responsibility. Especially now, during a genocide.

    Anyone who was speaking at a graduation now and didn't call for action against the war is failing miserablely

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The real question is did the ai go on and on (like my commencement speaker who narrated their life), Or was it a short speech?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And always remember! Be bold! Be brave! Sorry, but as a large language model I am unable to assess ethical questions of that nature! And always follow your dreams!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Was the valedictorian a Palestinian that got replaced again?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Imagine paying all that money to find out your uni doesn’t give a shit about you at all.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Kids in highschool during the pandemic are graduating college now 🤯

    Getting old is so weird.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    A family friend graduated from a liberal arts college, had an R congressperson come for commencement. He just rambled about AI and also medical advancements like the US hasn't had a falling life expectancy. Probably a pretty similar speech to this robot's.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    the moment of the Butlerian Jihad comes one step closer

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The "Ex Machina" sequel is going way too far to believable, they really need to dial back on the surrealist black comedy.

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