ISSAI Founding Director, Prof. Huseyin Atakan Varol, recently appeared as a guest speaker on the popular television program “Dialogue” of the “Khabar 24” channel.

During the interview, Prof. Varol discussed a wide range of topics related to artificial intelligence (AI), including its advantages and disadvantages, opportunities for humanity, impact on the labour market, and some of the research projects underway at ISSAI. 

Prof. Varol emphasized the potential benefits of AI, including its ability to process vast amounts of data quickly and accurately,  improve healthcare outcomes, and support scientific research and discovery. “AI will revolutionize medicine and biology,” says Professor Varol. “ It will help doctors to diagnose diseases at early stages and create personalized treatment plans. In addition, with the help of AI, we will be able to create medicines and vaccines faster”. 

Prof. Varol also discussed the potential impact of AI on the labour market, noting that the technology has the potential to create new jobs. He emphasized the importance of ensuring that workers are equipped with the skills and training needed to adapt to the changing job market. 

Professor Varol also discussed some of the research projects underway at ISSAI, including multilingual speech recognition for Turkic languages and human memory enhancement using AI and augmented reality (AR).

Watch the full interview on Khabar 24’s Youtube channel.