12/06/2026
The AI.SU Platform, initiated by Melisa Sabancı Tapan, Member of the Board of Directors of Sabancı Holding and Member of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, continues to address the issue of remaining human in the age of artificial intelligence through the lens of different disciplines. The platform's second meeting took place with the participation of Prof. Dr. Selçuk Artut, Faculty Member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University.
AI.SU, which views artificial intelligence not only as a technological development but also as a multi-layered issue transforming humanity, value systems, decision-making processes, creativity, and social relations, continues to expand its community with physical meetings as well as its digital content series. Taking its name from the initials of "Artificial Intelligence" and "Sabancı University," AI.SU opens up discussions on the state of being human in the age of artificial intelligence with academics, scientists, artists, and thinkers from different disciplines.
The second meeting of the platform, implemented under the umbrella of Sabancı University and led by Melisa Sabancı Tapan, Member of the Board of Directors of Sabancı Holding and Member of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, took place on Thursday, June 11th at Karaköy Minerva Han. The event featured an episode with Prof. Dr. Selçuk Artut, a faculty member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, discussing the interaction of artificial intelligence with art, creativity, and human forms of expression; this was followed by discussions on the effects of artificial intelligence on creativity and the new intellectual fields opened up by human-machine collaboration.
At AI.SU artificial Intelligence is Not Just a Matter of Technology
The AI.SU podcast/videocast series, which premiered on April 30th, began with its first conversation with Sabancı University President Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici on the technological infrastructure, energy needs, and critical questions about the future of artificial intelligence. In subsequent episodes of the series, prominent figures in their fields, such as Microsoft Corporate Vice President and AI Frontiers Lab Managing Director Dr. Ece Kamar, theoretical astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Avi Loeb from Harvard University, and artist-academic Prof. Dr. Selçuk Artut, discussed how artificial intelligence is transforming our ways of thinking, questioning, and creating.
Will AI kill creativity?
In the episode with Prof. Dr. Selçuk Artut, the relationship between artificial intelligence and art, academia, and creativity was examined. This conversation, which was the focus of AI.SU's second meeting, revealed that artificial intelligence should be discussed not only as a scientific and technological field, but also as an area of artistic and cultural transformation. It was suggested that artificial intelligence could be a powerful mirror reflecting humanity, rather than a creator replacing humans; the new creative fields arising from the collaboration of humans and artificial intelligence, the transformation in creative processes, and how art can open up a new space for thought in this new era were evaluated.
The AI.SU platform will continue to discuss the issue of remaining human in the age of artificial intelligence with different voices, questions, and perspectives through new episodes and meetings to be published in the coming period.
You can access all episodes of AI SU here.
