Advice for a career shift from Graphic design to ai ml [D]

I am more interested in ai ml but currently i am working as a graphic designer and i don't have a degree also except my 6 month diploma in graphic design.

1. Any advice for how to get a job in ai ml , i started to learn maths and algorithms everyday evening but it looks like so much to learn ?

2. Freshers where to start like data analyst or ml engineer or genai engineer ?

3. where to contact employers because i don't have a degree to use job portals also ?

4. is it possible i can get into research in future ?