Student perception towards usage of AI in learning: A study with reference to Thrissur District

AI has made its way in various field of the everyday life with mesmerising impact and not much stringent rules.Controversy on the usage of AI was always headline when it comes to service fields such as healthcare, tourism and education.Rapport of AI with various fields have always been a topic of discussion but when it comes to the field of education, perception of students, educators, academicians and industrial experts need to be analysed before moving to passing a decision on adapting AI tools.Crucial are the student perception, the end beneficiaries of educational system, Even though not the whole beneficiary, it is the students who are the backbone to the educational fields.With the implementation of new educational policy and FYUGP, changed syllabus and content in the learning mechanism invites the need for looking into the perception of students.Ng (2017) identifies AI to be the greatest invention, how electricity is to the old generation is exactly same as AI to the current generation.There was a fear that educator's roles may be surpassed by AI in various streams of education, (Edwards & Cheok, 2018).ChatGPT, which has been introduced in the month of November 2022 has made a substantial increase in its usage when comes to the students and scholars among various fields.(Hu, 2023).This study is about undergraduate students and their awareness on various AI tools, their usage intentions, Positive and negative effects students have perceived while using Gen AI such as chatGPT.Majority of the students have used and aware about the various tools available to them.This study concentrates on students from commerce background and snowball sampling has been used while selecting the sample.The geographical scope of the study is limited to Thrissur district with only 120 students participating in the research.There is no significant difference in the opinion of students regarding the AI tool usage and perception based on the gender.