#AIliteracy

A new wave of research shows students now use generative AI as a routine tool.
The change has reshaped study habits and classroom expectations worldwide (The Atlantic).

The Atlantic reported that almost a full undergraduate cohort began college after ChatGPT launched in late 2022.
The article warned that campus life and teaching methods have shifted fast (The Atlantic).

A global academic survey confirms student uptake.
Researchers found 71 percent of surveyed higher-education students had used ChatGPT by early 2024 (PLOS ONE study).

Thailand’s universities face an unprecedented transformation as artificial intelligence becomes as common as textbooks in lecture halls. What began as a technological curiosity has evolved into the defining characteristic of a generation that will reshape Thailand’s workforce and economy.

The Generation That Never Knew Life Without AI

Recent international research reveals a stunning reality: 71 percent of university students worldwide now use ChatGPT regularly, according to a comprehensive study spanning 109 countries and involving over 23,000 participants. This isn’t just a trend—it’s a fundamental shift that arrived faster than university administrators could adapt.

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT shake up global academia, leading computer science faculties—including those at top international institutions—are urgently reassessing what it means to educate the next generation of tech talent. The shift, driven by the rapid rise of generative AI tools that can write code and answer questions with humanlike fluency, is sparking debate across universities in Thailand and worldwide about what computer science students truly need to learn to thrive in the AI era (New York Times).