Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers a commencement address at the Kansas City Art Institute in which he rejects an AI-written script. Multiple outlets report that Scott describes his prepared remarks as generic and “clichéd,” which he says were written by generative artificial intelligence. During the event, he interrupts and rips up the speech rather than reading it. As he addresses the graduates, Scott argues that AI cannot replicate the humanity of the people it is meant to speak for or replace. One report says he tells students that while AI can produce text, it cannot capture the personal experience and human qualities of the graduates. Both accounts describe the audience response as strongly positive, with Scott receiving a large cheer or round of applause after he scraps the prepared remarks. The reports characterize the moment as a rejection of an automated, templated approach to communication and a pivot toward a more personal message from the speaker.