Nowadays in the United States, if you are a commencement speaker at a university graduation ceremony, you may want to avoid mentioning artificial intelligence (AI).

Recent speakers at the University of Central Florida, the University of Arizona and Marquette University were all booed for touting AI. Students at the University of South Carolina and the University of Indianapolis protested their institutions’ partnership with AI firms. In contrast, speaking at Harvard, comedian Ronny Chieng was wildly cheered by graduating students when he shouted, “Fxxk AI!” The event has gone viral online.

Young Americans are souring on AI. In a recent Gallup poll, Gen Z respondents (usually those born between 1997 and 2012) have grown considerably less “excited” and “hopeful” about AI, but “angrier” and more “anxious” this year than last year.

This may seem strange at first. Young people are usually quicker to adopt new technologies, and America has been at the forefront of innovation during the post-war period.