Chris Malachowsky on AI adoption
From Spring 2026 University of Florida Commencement Speech: Chris Malachowsky · · University of Florida
“UF didn't sit back and wait for the AI era to arrive. UF leaned in. It built infrastructure. It built literacy. It built culture. It treated AI not as a niche topic for a few specialists, but as something that would touch every discipline and every aspect of our communities.”
On , Chris Malachowsky, Co-Founder at Nvidia, spoke about AI adoption during Spring 2026 University of Florida Commencement Speech: Chris Malachowsky on University of Florida.
About Chris Malachowsky
Chris Malachowsky, co-founder of Nvidia and a University of Florida alumnus, delivered the keynote address at the university's spring 2026 commencement ceremony on May 2. In his speech, he encouraged graduates to embrace the AI era with confidence and to treat AI as a tool that can extend human ability rather than replace it. He stated that "AI does not replace your judgment. It doesn't replace your values. And it doesn't replace your taste." Malachowsky also shared his personal journey, noting that he had "no master plan, no straight line" and urged graduates to "care deeply and start moving." In April, Malachowsky participated in a fire-side chat with UF Provost Dr. Joseph Glover at the 2026 AI² Summit in Orlando, where he described AI as "a new kind of computing capability, one that can learn, reason, and do real work." He argued that computation should be considered infrastructure "like water and power" and that AI represents a "net gain of jobs" because it frees up capacity for new opportunities. In March, he joined U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) at the SCSP AI + Education Summit, where he said that AI is "in the wild and out there" and that society can "only take advantage of it or get taken advantage of by it." He has also described the current AI infrastructure buildout as "the largest infrastructure buildout in human history."