Congist’24 Social Sciences and Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Practice

Session

Session 1.6 (Day 2)

D2S1SK1

19 Dec 2024, 09:00

Kurul Odası (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Description

Sosyoloji / Sociology

Explaining The Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Behavior on The Axis of Consumer Culture

Aylin Ecem Gürşen (Galatasaray Üniversitesi)

19/12/2024, 09:00

Theoretical Foundations

Oral Presentation

This study aims to explain the relationship between artificial intelligence and consumption on the axis of culture. Examining artificial intelligence together with culture in terms of consumer behavior is a developing field of research (Stone et al., 2020; Jain et al., 2023; Srivastava et al., 2023). Jain et al. (2023) highlighted that while research in the Global North examines the connection...

Generative AI: A Deterministic Destiny or a Socially Shaped Future Technology?

Arzu Kilitci Calayır (MoNE)

19/12/2024, 09:30

Case Studies and Applications

Oral Presentation

This paper aims to compare the social and cultural implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology with the theoretical frameworks of technological determinism and the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT). Although this technology has the potential for accelerated product development and value creation in various sectors such as education, healthcare, and finance, it...

AI in the Folk Tales: How Turkish Combat Drone Revitalizes Ukrainian Resistance

M. Fatih Karakaya (Istanbul University)

19/12/2024, 10:00

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Oral Presentation

“The raiders assaulted Ukraine, hurling bluster // Jets, modern tanks, all the troops they could muster // But soon they exhausted their whole repertoire // Bayraktar, Bayraktar.” Thus starts the song, Bayraktar written by a Ukrainian military Taras Borovok. The song has gone viral on YouTube after the AI equipped Turkish combat drone, Bayraktar TB2, reinforced Ukrainian army’s fight against...