A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire A s former Google CEO Eric Schmidt could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up the AI revolution during a commencement address at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students about to enter an AI-ravaged job market. His discombobulation was telling.