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    Reducing the amount of AI topics in lectures and seminars.

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      To make a request on pulling back on the amount of lectures and seminars we have on AI, especially in the arts courses. Especially when the technology is unstable and when it's in the hands of CEOs that fund and support fascism/censorship. And to mention that it's bringing us to the brink of water bankruptcy. Yet, there's never been any mention of those problems unless a student brings it up first and no mention of the CEOs illegal deeds behind the curtains.

      Why is it relevant to Falmouth & Exeter students?

      We are the younger generation. With more persuasion coming to us like this should be a debatable topic especially in this stage in time is concerning and ignorant. The CEOs that run the technology are supporters and funders of Donald Trump and previously were mutuals with Jeffrey Epstein, plus explicit content from their doing on Twitter that I will not go into detail of, but sources below will explain, all of this is proven fact and not to be confused with the word 'political', it's violation of rights and privacy. I feel with all the truth out in the sunlight, we are still sane-washing the technology and being taught it like it's simply just a 'new way' and a recommendation of an extra tool to use like there's nothing flawed about it (I feel that also fuels the propaganda the ultra-wealthy want to shove on us and we are falling for it). That is giving ignorance in my view. With more encouragement to students to think more for themselves and make an effort to put time into their work and research, there wouldn't be shrinking attention spans which is the CEOs pure intention. It's all for profit and a game of monopoly, it's not for our wellbeing and I believe we need to be taught that more instead of just the apps potentials themselves when there's too much instability to trust it. Sources below prove my statement that we should only start promoting AI when laws are more effective and when it isn't in the hands of dangerous far-right agendas: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/16/great-lakes-us-data-centers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk2lzmm22eo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4o https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/ai-has-environmental-problem-heres-what-world-can-do-about https://jacobin.com/2026/03/trump-ai-contracting-clause-safeguards https://www.russh.com/instagram-removes-end-to-end-encryption-messaging/ https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-05-15-expert-comment-no-need-wait-future-danger-ai-already-here

      What positive impact would it have?

      Students would have more enthusiasm in researching for the correct sources rather than get more lazy and rely on ChatGPT and GenAI to help them study which again are both run by CEOs who fund fascism. Students would be encouraged more to keep human-art alive and not be overwhelmed by the rapid technology advancement where it would persuade them to give up. Whatever lesson on AI comes to light, less advertisement on the potentials of the app, but more about the warning signs and the dangers it causes due to who controls it. So far very little to zero mention of it. Especially the amount of water it uses. We can't fight climate change and then talk about AI with a sense of ignorance behind how we get taught it and how we are being persuaded that in this point in time it should be a debatable subject.

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    Sophie Angell
    4:05pm on 24 Mar 26 I agree - we seem to be learning a lot about how to use AI as artists and have even been given in-class tasks where we are instructed to use ChatGPT, which I don't think should be done (for the reasons stated above by Jude). I agree that we should learn somewhat about AI programs and how they work so we can be aware of how people can use them to damage or take advantage of artists, but we should be learning how to work as artists and musicians using our own skills, not learning how to take shortcuts with AI tools and systems.
    Angel Rusu
    5:29pm on 31 Mar 26 fabulous stuff jude. lots of love and support xxx
    Olivia Sherlock
    1:30am on 2 Apr 26 I'm in the Games Academy. At the start of the year, I was having trouble figuring out a problem in the game script and so I approached a lecturer (I don't remember who) to ask for help. They told me to ask ChatGPT what was wrong with the script, and if that didn't work, to ask google AI to make a script that would. It felt very dismissive and lazy - it feels like lecturers are starting to lean far too heavily on AI instead of actually teaching us themselves. I had to tell that lecturer absolutely not twice, and that I want to learn how to fix the problem by myself instead of having AI do it for me, before they decided to help.
    Caitlin Ridgway
    4:16pm on 22 Apr 26 This proposal has met the threshold (at least 10 upvotes and 10 more upvotes than downvotes within 6 weeks) to be discussed by Executive Committee. At the Executive Committee meeting on 22nd April 2026, the proposal was added to the Student Forum agenda as one of the top 3 most-upvoted proposals. The proposal will be discussed and voted on at the Student Forum meeting on 6th May 2026 3-5pm. The meeting will be hybrid with online and in-person attendance options.
    Aisha Lord
    2:13pm on 15 May 26 UPDATE from forum 15th May 2026: This proposal was passed at our most recent forum session on the 6th May 2026. Student attendees agreed to merge this proposal with another AI focused proposal 'Let's Put a Stop to Generative AI.' These two proposals were voted in under the title 'Lobby for ethical guidance and regulation on AI and work with students on what this would look like'. This work will focus on student collaboration and consultation, to ensure that relevant universities are upholding their values and promises as well as looking to provide an ethical and sustainable approach to AI. All the presidents will be contributing to this work, to ensure it is as informed as possible. The presidents, will work closely with Falmouth University and Exeter University to carry out this union priority. Any students who wish to be involved in the working of carrying out this union priority, please reach out to the presidents through Presidents@thesu.org.uk - we'd love to hear from you!! :

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