Juanda, Azis, Sulastriningsih Djumingin
Although AI has great potential, its application in culture and education still faces various obstacles. Teachers and universities should utilize ChatGPT to support student learning and promote problem-solving skills. This study aims to compare the understanding of local wisdom between university students and AI chatbots (ChatGPT and Gemini) in short stories and evaluate the effectiveness of AI as a learning tool in that context. This study involved 240 university students from diverse backgrounds and two AI systems, ChatGPT and Google Gemini, to compare the comprehension ability of local wisdom. Using a local wisdom value test and quantitative descriptive analysis, the study compared students' and AI's understanding and applied an independent t-test to examine differences by gender, university, and domicile. The findings demonstrated that AIs possessed a deeper and more thorough comprehension of local wisdom compared to university students, reflected in significantly higher mean scores and statistically significant differences. No notable differences were found in understanding local wisdom based on students' gender or domicile. However, a significant difference was observed between students from the two different universities. AI is a potent learning tool for local wisdom studies, highlighting the educational environment's role. In literature education, integrating AI offers a more efficient and accurate method for teaching complex cultural and literary values, enhancing students' text analysis and interpretation of symbolism and cultural context. © Little Lion Scientific.
Department of Indonesian Language and Literature, Makassar State University, Indonesia
