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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XXV.2025.3.1
Nyelv: en
Cím: Engineering students’ relationships with new technology and the use of AI
Absztrakt: The aim of our research was to explore university-level engineering students’ attitudestoward new technology and relationships with AI. We administered the TechnologyReadiness Index 2.0 and a proprietary measurement tool adapted to AI (i.e.,TRI AI) in a sample of 361 engineering students. According to the results, studentsare generally open to AI, though their attitudes differ according to their engineeringspecialization and digital competencies. Greater digital proficiency was closelyrelated to greater knowledge about AI, greater confidence with AI, and less resistanceto AI. Cluster analysis, revealing four types of attitudes, clarified that attitudetoward AI differs from attitude toward technology in general. Meanwhile, moderatecorrelations between TRI AI and TRI scores indicated the need for an AI-specificapproach when measuring students’ readiness and attitudes toward AI. The resultscan be used to develop targeted educational and communication strategies that takeinto account students’ varying degrees of receptiveness to technology.
Kulcsszavak: relationship to new technology, use of AI, empirical research, technical university student