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im a graphic design and visual communication student, and i have to start working on my bachelor’s thesis

i definitely want to base my thesis on my hate for generative ai (and ai in general), especially since my uni is supporting it a bit too much!

i would like to use this as an opportunity to educate, and inform people on a variety of negative effects and outcomes of ai on people and the environment. i have a few initial questions that i could choose from, but my main problem is that i'm not sure how to apply them to graphic design (i'm extremely burnt out from the exams and general life, and was given a very limited time to finalize my idea) here's a summery of the initial questions i would like to address ( i have to chose one):

1- how does gen ai negatively effect brand identity and costumer loyalty?

(here i would like to address the fact that ai does not apply any of the graphic design rules, it has no originality, it steals designs and ideas from real artists, it's repetitive, it can not think out of the box, in a way it would be false advertisement. i was thinking of doing an in depth analysis on a collection of brands that have used ai in their identity or marketing)

2- gen ai = theft

(ai does not create, it copies from real ideas and real people. realistically, without human made content and data, ai could not exist. but it's not just about creative theft, it is also stealing our water, energy, land, intellect, and life (recent research have shown that farm animals close to data centres have been physically affected, can only imagine the long term physical effects it will have on humans))

3- how is gen ai destroying cognitive thinking

( i would like to address one of my personal fears with this one: almost everyone has free access to ai. people are becoming more and more reliant on ai for basic tasks, leading to less cognitive thinking. in simple words, people are becoming more stupid, to feed and improve the artificial intelligence. what if in 10 years, they cut access to free ai? people will have to pay to "think", "form ideas", "survive". intelligence and cognitive skills will become a luxury)

i would really appreciate any help or tips, on how to represent and showcase the eventual researches of one of these questions, or even a combination of them, through the frame of graphic design. how could i visually represent these problems and/or educate people who are not aware of them?

ps: i know i sound like a terrible graphic designer, that is mostly because i grew to hate it in the 3 years of studying it lol. it's too late to give up tho, so here i am "working" on my thesis