Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises recently used AI to change the races of the students it included in its advertisements. AI was also used to noticeably slim down and alter students’ faces.

On his journey to campus, Stanford student Billy Ramirez ’27 was sent an image he recalled a Stanford photographer taking. Upon closer examination, he noticed that he had been removed from the photo and replaced by a AI-generated black woman.

Source: The Stanford Review.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    22 days ago

    What I really don’t get in particular, is that if you wanted to sell me on studying at Stanford, the original picture would be so much better. That looks like a friend group I’d like to hang out with.

    Whereas the AI-generated picture just looks dead-eyed, like some models you hired to smile into the camera and then never talk to each other again. Honestly, it does not even register as people to me and not just because they literally do not exist.