Artificial intelligence (AI) has impacted many sectors such as education, healthcare, political, social and economic that can give either positive or negative side effects. According to research by Accenture on the impact of AI in 12 developed countries, it concluded that AI has the potential to double annual economic growth by 2035. Another research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) claimed that global GDP could be up to 14% higher in 2030 as a result of AI. Since AI plays an important role in our daily lives, the awareness and knowledge about this technology must be updated from time to time. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the awareness and knowledge on AI among accountancy students with the main intention to instil and develop their interest towards AI. For data collection, all accounting students in UiTM Tapah were selected to be respondents of the study that used questionnaires as the survey instruments. The results revealed that accounting students aware about AI with moderate knowledge about it. Nevertheless, majority of the respondents agreed that AI has greater impact and benefit people in many areas. The findings of this study provide some insights and value added in shaping the interest and knowledge especially among accounting students towards AI technology.
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To Cite this Article: Mansor, N. A., Hamid, Y., Anwar, I. S. K., Isa, N. S. M., & Abdullah, M. Q. (2022). The Awareness and Knowledge on Artificial Intelligence among Accountancy Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(11), 1544– 1554.
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