Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the survey samples (N = 426).

Variables	Items	N	Percentage (%)
Gender	Man	148	34.7
	Woman	278	65.3
Age	25 years old and below	348	81.7
	26–35 years old	63	14.8
	36–45 years old	12	2.8
	Over 45 years of age	3	0.7
Educational level	High school and below	50	11.7
	Undergraduate students	307	72.1
	Graduate students (Master's and Doctoral level)	69	16.2
AI operating frequency	Several times a day	82	19.2
	Often (almost every day)	132	31.0
	Sometimes (3–4 times per week)	143	33.6
	Occasionally (1–2 times per week)	54	12.7
	Rarely (less than once per week)	15	3.5
AI functional usage patterns	Writing, drafting, and polishing text	310	72.8
	Information retrieval/finding materials	285	66.9
	Text summarization/summarizing key points	246	57.7
	Chatting, companionship, and entertainment	208	48.8
	Translation/language learning	184	43.2
	Creative content generation	121	28.4
	Data analysis/formula suggestion	89	20.9
	Code generation/debugging	87	20.4
	Information verification	60	14.1
	Others	63	15.4