Yetişkinlerin Yapay Zekaya Yönelik Tutumlarının Belirlenmesi

ABSTRACTIn the contemporary era, the rapid spread of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-related technologies across numerous domains—including both social and industrial sectors—has made it increasingly important to understand the attitudes that adults hold toward these technologies. The successful integration and adoption of rapidly advancing AI technologies by adults largely depend on how these technologies are perceived by the society in which they are introduced. The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes of adults toward AI and to identify possible factors that may influence these attitudes. The research was designed using the descriptive survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. In total, 270 adults participated in the study. Data were collected from participants through Google Forms.To measure the attitudes of adults toward AI, the study employed the “Artificial Intelligence Attitude Scale (AIAS-4),” which was developed by Grassini (2023) and adapted into Turkish by Köse, Şimşek, and Demir (2025). The AIAS-4 is a practical and valid instrument with a single-factor structure that effectively measures attitudes toward AI.Generally, the findings of this study revealed that adults hold positive attitudes toward artificial intelligence. According to the results of the Mann-Whitney U test, which was conducted to examine whether there was a significant difference in AI attitudes about gender, no statistically significant difference was found between male and female participants (p > 0.05). Similarly, the Kruskal-Wallis test results for the variables of age and educational level indicated no statistically significant differences in AI attitude scores (p > 0.05).In summary, the analysis of the findings about this study suggests that demographic factors such as gender, age, and educational level do not create a significant difference in adults' attitudes toward artificial intelligence. When evaluated in terms of mean scores, it was observed that adults generally exhibit positive and similar levels of attitudes toward AI.