Not all Artificial Intelligence Used in College is Bad

Valeria Sotomayor

Co-Presenters: Individual Presentation

College: College of Liberal Arts

Major: Forensic Psychology (M.A.)

Faculty Research Mentor: Christine Doyle

Abstract:

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the college classroom setting has skyrocketed and college administrations are now being forced to come up with regulations in the way that they allow their students to use AI. While some students are extremely dependent on AI, other students are not. Age plays a factor in whether a student is comfortable with AI, more specifically what sort of degree they are pursuing. Such as an associate degree, a bachelor’s, or a postgraduate. College students from 3 different states in the United States were asked to participate in a survey that was to be taken on Qualtrics through social media, text messages, and email to determine whether an undergraduate or postgraduate student is most likely to use AI inappropriately. The participants were asked questions ranging from their familiarity with AI to using it in different ways for their schoolwork. Something that is to be accomplished with this study is to see whether the degree a student is pursuing has to do with the likelihood of them using AI. More specifically because undergraduate students tend to be younger than postgraduate students. An idea for future research studies on AI and college students can be to see if AI is helping students with schoolwork like they claim or if it is not.