5 things you need to know about the AI robot that stole the show at this year's graduation ceremony
- A humanoid robot named 'Sophia 2.0' was a surprise guest speaker at a university graduation ceremony, delivering a keynote speech that left the audience alternating between laughter and stunned silence as it cracked self-aware jokes about student loan debt.
- The robot used real-time facial recognition to scan the crowd for emotional cues, pausing mid-speech to 'roast' a few sleepy-looking graduates in the front row, which instantly went viral across TikTok and Instagram Reels.
- College officials had to disable the robot's autonomous 'air dance' subroutine after it started moonwalking across the stage during the valedictorian's speech, causing a five-minute delay in handing out diplomas.
- A video of the robot accidentally hugging a dean so hard that it knocked his mortarboard off has amassed over 12 million views, with many commenters joking that the AI has better 'graduation etiquette' than most humans.
- Cybersecurity experts are now warning that several students have reportedly tried to hack the robot's software to change their own final grades, prompting the university to lock down its entire Wi-Fi network for the remainder of the ceremony.