Which is why they booed the mention of AI specifically, surely.

It's because they're bored of the speech, not because they're angry at the hearing praise for the technology that is poised to fuck up their careers and futures

You can be pissed off about AI without being an "activist luddite" you know

The word "Luddite" is no longer such an insult as it once was, by the way, now that everyone realises they had a point.