• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    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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      6 months ago

      That sucks bro… hey have you considered contributing more to our new AI initiative? We’re heading to the maximum future, today!

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

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

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            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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              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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    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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      Most likely a prerecorded message, whoever rented out that clanker probably did not want to leave anything to chance.

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      6 months ago

      Also, sign up for the military, I hear we they are offering some great deals!

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