{"id":9278,"date":"2025-12-15T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/?p=9278"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:21:45","slug":"artificial-intelligence-and-addiction-sze-professor-gives-highly-successful-lecture-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/artificial-intelligence-and-addiction-sze-professor-gives-highly-successful-lecture-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence and Addiction: SZE Professor Gives Highly Successful Lecture in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Created: 2025.12.15. 12:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A conference titled&nbsp;<em>\u201cBehavioural Addictions Symposium: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Beyond\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;was recently held in Istanbul, jointly organised by the Turkish non-profit organisation Green Crescent (Ye\u015filay) and E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University (ELTE) in Budapest. The event provided the first international platform dedicated to the topic of AI addiction. Dr Attila Szab\u00f3, Professor at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University \u2013 who is listed among the top two per cent of the world\u2019s most cited researchers based on both annual and career-long impact, as measured by the Stanford lists \u2013 served as a plenary speaker at the prestigious conference, further strengthening the scientific visibility of the institution in Gy\u0151r.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Crescent (Ye\u015filay) is one of Turkey\u2019s most prominent public health organisations, working for around 105 years on issues related to alcohol, tobacco, gambling, internet and behavioural addictions. The country\u2019s largest addiction-prevention organisation recently held an international conference with the aim of examining new forms of behavioural and digital addictions from a global perspective, with special emphasis on the use of artificial intelligence. Dr Attila Szab\u00f3, Professor at ELTE and Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, was invited as a plenary speaker to the programme jointly organised with E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first international forum dedicated to the relationship between artificial intelligence and addiction focused on problematic behavioural addictions such as AI-use, pornography-use, eating behaviour, gambling addiction, internet gaming disorder, compulsive sexual behaviour in the context of trauma, smartphone addiction and even exercise addiction. A key theme of the symposium was the addictive mechanisms of digital technologies and the public health risks associated with them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kepfds.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Attila Szab\u00f3, Professor at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, presented his research on artificial intelligence and addiction in a plenary lecture that attracted significant interest (Photo: Ye\u015filay\/Green Crescent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his plenary lecture, Dr Attila Szab\u00f3, a recognised expert in the field, pointed out that users are not drawn to the technology itself, but to the personalised, rewarding and emotionally engaging experiences made possible by artificial intelligence. He explained that problematic use of technology can activate mechanisms similar to those involved in other behavioural addictions, such as unpredictable rewards, the illusion of social connection, escapism, or the overactivation of dopamine-driven reward circuits. The researcher also addressed how the symptoms of excessive use can be recognised: increasing time and mental preoccupation may be accompanied by social and work-related difficulties, as well as signs of \u201cwithdrawal\u201d when AI use is restricted. He emphasised that excessive use of artificial intelligence can easily develop into a behavioural addiction, making prevention, education and research in this area particularly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing Green Crescent at the event were President Dr Mehmet Din\u00e7, Vice President Prof Dr Muhammed Tayyib Kadak and Board Member Dr Ay\u015fe Sena Sezgin. In addition, members of the scientific council, numerous addiction specialists and researchers, as well as distinguished representatives of Turkish and international higher education institutions, enhanced the quality of the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created: 2025.12.15. 12:20 A conference titled&nbsp;\u201cBehavioural Addictions Symposium: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Beyond\u201d&nbsp;was recently held in Istanbul, jointly organised by the Turkish non-profit organisation Green Crescent (Ye\u015filay) and E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - 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