The 36th LASUSU Race — Battle of Artificial Intelligence

"They are not here to rule—they are here for the impact."— ChatGPT Free Version & Co., 2025

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There’s a pandemic in LASU.

As the race for the 36th Lagos State University Students’ Union (LASUSU) intensifies and election day draws near, aspirants have begun to flood our digital and physical spaces with flyers, banners, and surprisingly — videos.

But on closer look, this election season is starting to feel like a bad sci-fi remake: Attack of the Artificial Intelligence. And no, it’s not just the visuals, it’s the words, the tone, the empty promises. So far, this campaign hasn’t been powered by real ideas or emotional intelligence. It’s being run by AI.

"They are not here to rule—they are here for the impact."— ChatGPT Free Version & Co., 2025

Yes, the world is evolving. AI is here to stay. But not too long ago, we were complaining about Press releases written entirely by AI. Now, it's gotten worse. The very people vying for leadership can't even write their own declarations. Everything looks the same. Every flyer, every caption, every video script, it all sounds like the same prompt re

cycled in different fonts and AI websites.

How are we supposed to trust leaders who don’t even know what they want?

If you all copy and paste the same words from the same chatbot, what are you really bringing to the table?

Let’s call it what it is: AI is now campaigning!

It’s no longer "XYZ vs ABC", it’s "XYZ’s ChatGPT vs ABC’s Meta AI." We are voting between prompts. Between Bard-generated passion and Gemini-written manifestos.

The future of our union has been reduced to: "Hi AI, I’m contesting for this position of the union. The ban has been lifted. Please write a declaration of interest for me. Tell them I’ve done this and that and promise them things I have no plans of doing. Thanks."

Copy. Paste. Post. Candidate.

But leadership is not a prompt, it is a presence. It’s not just about saying the right things; it’s about standing for something when the lights, the hashtags, and the AI-generated promises and lies fade away.

So, to all aspirants: If you truly want to lead, then show up as yourself. Not as a perfectly worded paragraph from ChatGPT.

Let your ideas be rough around the edges, at least they’ll be yours. Let your dreams be imperfect, at least they’ll be real.

Because LASUSU doesn’t need another copy-pasted candidate. It needs leaders who can think, feel, and speak like human beings.

And until we see that, the students will keep watching.

And laughing.

And reposting.

Vote ChatGPT. Or better still—vote someone with a mind of their own.

📝: Ayo Oladiran, Deputy Editor & Kuti Aishat, Editor, LASULife Newsletter ✈️

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