Student views in AI Ethics and Social Impact
This research addresses how gender influences student perceptions of AI ethics, which could inform future AI education, but it is incremental as it builds on existing studies of attitudes without introducing new methods.
The study surveyed 230 computer science students to understand their views on AI's ethical and societal impacts, finding that both genders see significant daily life effects in areas like medicine and education, with men more aware of changes in fields like autonomous driving and women more focused on social media and ethical considerations.
An investigation, from a gender perspective, of how students view the ethical implications and societal effects of artificial intelligence is conducted, examining concepts that could have a big influence on how artificial intelligence may be taught in the future. For this, we conducted a survey on a cohort of 230 second year computer science students to reveal their opinions. The results revealed that AI, from the students' perspective, will significantly impact daily life, particularly in areas such as medicine, education, or media. Men are more aware of potential changes in Computer Science, autonomous driving, image and video processing, and chatbot usage, while women mention more the impact on social media. Both men and women perceive potential threats in the same manner, with men more aware of war, AI controlled drones, terrain recognition, and information war. Women seem to have a stronger tendency towards ethical considerations and helping others.