Fashion Designer Jeremy Scott Tears Apart ‘Clichéd’ AI-Written Commencement Speech, Receives Major Applause

Jeremy Scott’s Unconventional Graduation Speech

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott took a refreshing turn during his commencement address at the Kansas City Art Institute on May 16. Instead of sticking to a typical AI-generated script, he veered into a more genuine and thought-provoking territory, earning loud applause from the graduating class.

Initially, Scott started by reading from an AI-created script, offering the usual congratulations and saying the students had reached “the threshold of a new beginning,” emphasizing that their “power is limitless.”

However, he paused and expressed skepticism about the script’s authenticity. “Sounds kind of commonplace, doesn’t it? It doesn’t sound real, right? It sounds like you’ve heard it before, right? Because it’s AI,” he pointed out to the assembled graduates.

Breaking from the script, he warned the audience not to let “your AI overlords” dictate their sense of morality and truth.

Scott argued that AI lacks true creativity, merely reflecting and imitating human ingenuity. “It can’t do what you do. It can’t have original ideas. It can’t even tell the difference between a good idea, a unique idea, and a mediocre idea,” he elaborated.

“That’s why your role as an artist is even more urgent now,” he remarked. He emphasized that, in today’s world, artists play a crucial role, not just in conveying truths but in shaping how truth feels. “They are the mirror of society, but they are also the ones who distort reality,” he added.

Reactions to AI in America have been varied. Some people are increasingly resistant to the data centers necessary for developing AI, voicing their frustrations over the endless stream of AI-generated memes and content on popular platforms like X and Facebook.

This growing anti-AI sentiment contrasts sharply with many experts who believe AI is poised to transform humanity, heralding a new era of progress.

While these experts caution that societies rejecting AI may fall behind economically and technologically, a substantial segment of the public perceives AI as a threat to human essence rather than an advancement.