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The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based learning media has expanded as part of the digital transformation of education. However, its use in the Economics Education Study Program at Universitas Nias remains relatively new, and its empirical association with students’ thinking ability has yet to be established. This study aimed to examine the relationship between the use of AI-based learning media and the thinking ability of Economics Education students at Universitas Nias. A quantitative approach with a correlational design was employed. The population comprised 121 active students from the second to the eighth semester, and a sample of 93 students was determined using proportional random sampling based on the Slovin formula. Data were collected using a four-point Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS version 26 through Pearson’s product-moment correlation and significance testing. The results showed a correlation coefficient of 0.766 with a significance value of 0.000 (< 0.05), indicating a positive, significant, and strong relationship between the use of AI-based learning media and students’ thinking ability. The coefficient of determination was 58.6%, indicating that AI-based learning media use is associated with more than half of the variance in students’ thinking ability, while the remaining 41.4% is associated with other factors not examined in this study. These findings suggest that effective and guided use of AI, particularly when students are encouraged to analyze, evaluate, and process information, is strongly associated with students’ thinking ability. ABSTRAK Penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis Artificial Intelligence (AI) berkembang sebagai bagian dari transformasi digital pendidikan, tetapi pemanfaatannya di Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi Universitas Nias masih relatif baru dan hubungan empirisnya dengan kemampuan berpikir mahasiswa perlu dibuktikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui hubungan antara penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis AI dengan kemampuan berpikir mahasiswa Pendidikan Ekonomi Universitas Nias. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode korelasional. Populasi penelitian berjumlah 121 mahasiswa aktif semester II sampai VIII dan sampel sebanyak 93 mahasiswa yang ditentukan dengan proportional random sampling berdasarkan rumus Slovin. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan angket skala Likert empat tingkat dan dianalisis dengan bantuan SPSS versi 26 melalui korelasi Product Moment Pearson serta pengujian signifikansi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,766 dengan signifikansi 0,000 < 0,05, sehingga hubungan penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis AI dengan kemampuan berpikir mahasiswa bersifat positif, signifikan, dan berada pada kategori kuat. Koefisien determinasi sebesar 58,6% menunjukkan besarnya kontribusi hubungan variabel penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis AI terhadap kemampuan berpikir mahasiswa, sedangkan 41,4% berkaitan dengan faktor lain yang tidak diteliti. Dengan demikian, pemanfaatan AI secara efektif dan terarah, terutama dengan mendorong mahasiswa menganalisis, mengevaluasi, dan mengolah informasi, berkaitan kuat dengan kemampuan berpikir mahasiswa.
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