Americans are turning sharply against AI as executives openly admit it will replace workers, which is bad for white-collar and blue-collar employees alike.

• Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and other tech leaders got booed at college graduations for hyping AI as the next industrial revolution.
• Standard Chartered's CEO said cutting 8,000 support jobs is not cost cutting but "replacing lower value human capital" with AI, then had to apologize to staff.
• A Quinnipiac poll shows 55% of Americans think AI will do more harm than good, and 70% expect it to cut jobs.
• 74% say the government is not doing enough to regulate AI.
• Coders, once told to "learn to code" as a safe career, are among the first being replaced by the very technology they built.

Outlook: Public anger at AI is growing fast, but with Trump uninterested and companies chasing profits, expect more layoffs and little regulation soon.