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Wozniak found a way to talk about AI at a graduation without getting booed

Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder, became one of the few commencement speakers this year to get applause rather than boos for talking about AI. Speaking at Grand Valley State University earlier in May, Wozniak told graduates: "You have AI — actual intelligence." The line drew laughs and cheers. He kept the rest of the AI commentary short. "We've been trying to create a brain. Is there a way we can duplicate a routine a trillion times and have it work like a brain? AI is one of those attempts." He went on to give the kind of advice you'd expect from a Wozniak commencement speech. Think different, don't follow the same path as a million other people, find the small thing you can do differently.