A video from Lobsters AI currently circulating on YouTube has ignited the comment sections in the AI underground. The premise is simple enough: Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and one of Silicon Valley's most prominent AI proponents, appeared as a speaker at a university ceremony and was met with boos from the very people he sought to inspire.

Schmidt delivered the usual package — AI will change everything, all professions, all classrooms, all hospitals. He used the rocket ship analogy. He said that young people should see themselves as future shapers of technology, not victims of it. He acknowledged hearing the boos. It didn't help significantly.

What has truly made people pause, however, is Casey Muratori's comment in the wake of the video: "But it happened."

Three words. But for those who know Muratori — a programmer with over two decades of experience and one of the most consistently critical voices against the AI industry — it hits hard. He has previously argued that AI companies have systematically ignored intellectual property issues, that productivity gains are empirically unmeasured, and that the industry is betting on becoming large enough to absorb future lawsuits.

Students in 2026 boo one of Silicon Valley's own — and the underground believes it's a turning point, not a curiosity.

What makes this interesting is the context. A poll from March 2026 showed a net approval rating for AI at minus 20. That's not neutral skepticism — that's active opposition. And this isn't the first time a commencement speaker has received backlash from their own graduating students this season.

Students booed Eric Schmidt — and Casey Muratori just said: 'It happened' - Bilde 1

What does it mean? The underground is divided. Some interpret it as the general narrative of AI being inevitable and unproblematic beginning to crack where it perhaps hurts most: among those who are actually entering the job market. Others believe it's generational noise that will disappear once people start using the technology.

But Muratori's comment suggests something more laconic and precise: no matter what one thinks of Schmidt, of AI, of the future — the booing happened. It cannot be reframed away.

Note: These are early signals from community sources and YouTube comment sections. No systematic analysis has been done on what the student reaction actually represents. But when a three-word comment generates this kind of discussion, it's worth paying attention.