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Victor Davis Hanson: ‘Inclusive’ Stanford University Caught Red-Handed Using AI to Race Swap Student

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.

Jack Fowler: Victor, let’s talk about—you ever heard of Stanford University, Victor? 

Victor Davis Hanson: I have some recollection of it. 

Jack Fowler: Yeah. The controversy. Stanford, about using AI, race-swapping advertising. Here’s the story. Stanford Residential and Dining Enterprises recently used AI to change the races of students it included in its advertisement. AI was also used to notably 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 an AI-generated Black woman. 

The Review spoke to Ramirez, who stated, quote, “I was driving to school from my hometown when my friend sent me the images comparing the banner to the original photos, and I was immediately baffled. At first, I found it hilarious that they had used AI to completely change our appearances, including my race and gender. But after looking at the comparison, I was also upset because I don’t agree with Stanford making those choices about how we are represented,” etc., etc. He goes on. It’s a longer quote. 

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But anyway, Victor, imagine if—you can do the imagining.  

Victor Davis Hanson: I can tell you what it was. Some 51 years ago, I enrolled in Stanford as a graduate student in the Ph.D. program, and I can tell you, in 1975, it was mostly white, 90%. There were just starting to see a lot of Chinese immigrants, but not very many. And I can tell you—but when I say mostly, I would say 10% of the student body was Hispanic or black. 

What would have happened if........

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