AI LITERACY: AN EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT’S PERCEPTIONS OF AI SKILLS

Matteo Adamoli, Michele Marangi, Marco Rondonotti, Paolo Raviolo

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This paper analyzes university students' perceptions of the use of ChatGPT, the AI conversational system developed and released in 2022 by OpenAI. Based on a survey of 23,000 students across 109 countries (with a focus on an Italian sub-sample of 1180), the study investigates AI literacy (understanding, academic application, creative use) and its educational implications. Results indicate a positive correlation between AI literacy and the perceived effectiveness of ChatGPT as a learning tool.


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AI Literacy, Generative Artificial Intelligence, higher education

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32043/gsd.v9i1.1321

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