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In regards to a reoccurring issue that has come to my attention recently. Throughout my time at Falmouth I've noticed a large increase in the promotion and encouragement of Gen-A.I use across all courses. I believe that we need to open up a conversation around A.I and its consequences, not just 'positives' - and putting a stop to its wide use. A.I does not have a place in an arts university, when A.I software is trained on STEALING artwork.

I have created a petition myself, "CALLING FOR FAL/EXE UNI TO BAN USE OF GENERATIVE A.I" which has garnered more than 900 names across both campuses and multiple courses. I believe that at an arts university, generative A.I is a harmful tool that should NOT be encouraged among students. My instagram account for my campaign @stopai_fxu has garnered more than 800 followers. We are the new generation of artists, which overwhelmingly want to deny gen-A.I and want to create art ourselves. A.I is a new tool that we need to control it's usage of, and openly consider its harms. I believe Falmouths A.I policy is weak, allowing the personal beliefs of lecturers take control over the way they want their students to work - when students DON'T WANT A.I. A.I is a wide issue causing many harmful consequences not just in the arts space - A.I and child pornography: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-videos-images-online-surged-2025-internet-watch-foundation A.I propaganda: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/military-deepfakes-ai-propaganda-money A.I stealing artwork: https://goodlawproject.org/ai-giants-are-stealing-our-creative-work/ A.I causing mental problems: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots A.I and incorrect information: https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=1340355&p=9880574

Students have felt very negative from the use of A.I and the encouragement, with many students unhappy with how their lecturers, and courses, are handling the new technology. A stop or reducing A.I's presence in Falmouth Uni will give it's students confidence in the institute, and feel more cared for by the institution when A.I is becoming artists' enemy. Students should be finding information themselves, that is from correct sources and not funneled through an A.I bot that can be incorrect. Students can be negatively effected mentally through excessive usage Here are some quotes from students that I took from a survey, when asked how they felt about their courses encouragement on A.I "It feels like we are paying for a degree/course only to be told that we can cheat ? It’s very unprofessional to encourage and allow students to use AI to do their critical thinking when that’s the whole process of being creative. The university heavily contradicts itself when portraying a ‘creative’ university however it uses AI which is extremely harmful to the environment and takes away our own human creativity." "As a concept artist it makes me feel betrayed, and also feels like I’ve wasted my money at university as I’m paying £9-10k/yr for a lecturer to make half-baked AI prompts for my assignment briefs. (Thankfully there was a huge outcry in concept art, and the AI use has ceased, but that same lecturer is still trying to encourage the use of AI)" "It makes me feel like they aren’t aware of the environmental impact or just don’t care. Which makes no sense as the uni is meant to be so green. It also feels like it degrades the time and effort I and my coursemates put into our creative work." The feedback from students can be publicly viewed through this link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XaTM3WbQJzpN3CqqnxLL29TTAZVREdn2Gn_ECWn-V4M/edit?usp=sharing

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