One-third of the Ukrainian general public does not know what AI is, and 64.1% do not use AI chatbots¶
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q2 i? In the national survey, 33.9% of respondents did not know what AI is and 64.1% reported not using AI chatbots. → Marienko 2026
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Marienko 2026¶
Marienko, M. V., Markova, O. M., & Semerikov, S. O. (2026). AI literacy in secondary education: framework, assessment, and professional development in the Ukrainian context. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 10, 100605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2026.100605
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Secondary analysis of the June 2023 ZN.UA national survey (n=2018, stratified random sampling) using descriptive statistics on AI familiarity and chatbot usage items. "approximately one-third of respondents (33.9%) indicated they did not know what artificial intelligence is".
"approximately one-third of respondents (33.9%) indicated they did not know what artificial intelligence is, while 24.0% reported knowing well what AI is, and 42.0% indicated they roughly imagine what it is."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- The AI education session was associated with a drop in attendees reporting they did not know enough to say about AI, from 23% to 0% — related
- ChatGPT is the most widely used AI tool among Ukrainian education managers (69.4% adoption) — related
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One-third of the Ukrainian general public does not know what AI is, and 64.1% do not use AI chatbots |
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One-third of the Ukrainian general public does not know what AI is, and 64.1% do not use AI chatbots |
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