• Saapas@piefed.zip
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    Dozens

    the local news outlet SFGate estimated it was as many as 200

    No mention of how many people are graduating

    Reee it’s difficult to estimate how big of a deal this was if the total number of participants isn’t mentioned.

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      On wiki it says there are about 1700 undergrads per class, so if it’s that plus some grad students at graduation, 200 walking out could be maybe a tenth of the attendees. Sounds pretty noticeable.

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        Very rare for the ceremony to be the entire graduating class. Its usually broken down by school.

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    Their ego is disgusting, every time they open their mouths they are met with disdain and they still don’t get it.

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      They don’t need to. They’re still making more each year than you or I will make in our entire lives.

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          His current pay package is about $233m/yr. That’s about $112k/day. I think your math might be off. Even if you make $7.25/hr, you’ll make $112k in just over eight years. Still an absurd disparity, but not as far as you say.

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            BLS lists the median annual salary as $62k. So, he does make more money in a half day than the majority of Americans make in a year. There’s no way any one person deserves that much money.

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      Because this diverges from their day to day and how everyone else treats them. “Surely these students are the ones that are wrong”.

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      They are probably aware but want to campaign in an effort to change public perception of AI. It will provide less resistance and more opportunities for their company as this gets forced through.

      Also, USA lives in a world where someone’s word holds no accountability. All companies/media needs to do is keep pushing how great AI is and people will start to believe it. Facts to support their opinions aren’t necessary. The blowback seen is probably from the minority of people who care about fact checking and accountability.

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    And then some of those that walked out will work for Google also due to job market shit fuckery. What a time to be alive

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    The kids are alright. (I don’t use that word in the real world because it’s improper spelling. It’s a music reference, all right?)

    Fuck dumbass tech {m/b}illionaires.

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    Then they used their google phone outside to use a google platform to send their meme about it and then laughed at friends writing them on gmail accounts.