The Villain of This Year's Commencement Speeches: A.I. - The New York Times

College kids are hearing it at graduation this year: AI is the villain stealing your future.

But you already knew something was off. You just couldn't name it.

You bought the tool. Your team ignored it. $200 a month quietly draining out while the dashboard sat untouched. That's not a you problem — that's what happens when AI gets sold as magic instead of a specific solution to a specific problem.

Here's what the commencement speech backlash is really telling us: the hype cycle is cracking. People are tired of being promised transformation and handed complexity. That's actually good news for you.

When the hype cools, the practical winners emerge. Businesses that made one small, smart AI choice — not a platform overhaul, just one workflow that saved real time — are the ones quietly pulling ahead right now.

This week, pick one task your team repeats daily that takes 20 to 45 minutes. Just one. That's your first AI target. Nothing else changes. No new systems, no learning curve, no big bet.

One problem. One tool. Measurable result in 30 days.

What's the one AI tool you paid for that your team never actually adopted — and what do you think killed it?

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