Abstract

The study examined artificial intelligence (AI) in education, benefits and ethical concern in Boki
Local Government Area of Cross River State. Three (3) research questions and three (3)
hypotheses were developed to solve the problem of the study. A survey research design was
adopted. One hundred (100) undergraduate students were sampled from the total population of
three thousand four hundred and ninety six (3,496) in three (3) political clans in Boki Local
Government Area using stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was the
instrument used for data collection. The designed questionnaire was titled: Artificial Intelligence
in Education, Benefit and Ethical Concern Questionnaire (AIEBECQ) with fifteen (15) items,
designed on a 4-point Likert type scale of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and
Strongly Disagree (SD). The instrument was validated by two experts in measurement and
evaluation, and the reliability Cronbach Alpha statically analysis gave Alpha Coefficient of .86,
.63, .82 and .71. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions at
the bench mark of 2.5 and paired sample t-test at .05 level of significant was used in testing the
hypotheses. To this end, the findings revealed that there is a significant effect of benefits of AI for
learners facing tool, teachers facing tool, school administrators facing tools and its ethical
concern in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The study recommended amongst
others that; Institutions should establish a robust system for regularly evaluating AI tools for
bias, fairness, and privacy compliance, while engaging all stakeholders in open dialogues about
the ethical implications of AI.

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