‘Destroy AI, kill it’: Ronny Chieng’s explosive Harvard speech roasts America’s AI obsession

For most commencement-style speeches, the script is all about telling embrace technology, adapt to change, and prepare for an AI-driven future. But comedian and actor Ronny Chieng had a very different message for Harvard’s Class of 2026. Standing before graduating students during Harvard Class Day, Chieng launched into a humorous critique of artificial intelligence, arguing that the technology threatens creativity, learning and genuine human mastery.