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That explanation doesn't make sense. If the point is anonymity, why not just AI generate the students entirely? They AI-generated the girl on the right in her entirety, so capability clearly isn't the problem. And the guy in the middle is still very much recognizable.

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I don't understand what you mean? For me, it appears all 3 students have been changed. The 3rd student is changed into a black female. I am not doubting they want to inject diversity (although i didnt say it above) my contention is they likely view the original as a blank background, which they inserted 3 "new" anonymized students into. Its not that they turned 1 person "black", its that they changed ALL 3 PEOPLE entirely

Given how little the two students on the left changed, I highly doubt the AI made a creative decision to completely randomize only the student on the right. I think it's more likely that they did it in two steps: tweak the faces, and replace the student on the right.

You think the first 2 students were changed as significantly as the 3rd?

The first 2 are still recognizable, the third is not.

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