An online training session organized by the Faculty of Nursing at Mersin University comprehensively addressed the role of artificial intelligence in academic research processes and its ethical boundaries. The event, featuring Professor Dr. Abdurrahim TOKTAŞ, Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering at Ankara University, focused on how digital tools are transforming scientific productivity. Professor Dr. TOKTAŞ, considered an authority in his field with 139 scientific publications and nearly 4,000 citations throughout his academic career, and a four-year consecutive list of "The World's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists," emphasized that artificial intelligence should be positioned not as an "author," but as a supervised "assistant pilot."

        In his presentation, Professor Dr. TOKTAŞ highlighted the need to balance the speed offered by artificial intelligence in data analysis and literature review processes with scientific integrity and transparency. As a researcher with 13 registered intellectual property rights, he also issued critical warnings regarding the protection of intellectual property rights. During the training, it was emphasized that uploading raw data to publicly available AI models could lead to data privacy breaches and disruption of registration processes, while the ethical declaration processes, which were of interest to the participants, were also clarified. Professor TOKTAŞ, who has served as a reviewer for more than 45 TÜBİTAK projects, stated that clearly specifying the stage and purpose of AI use in the methodology section of publications has become an indispensable standard for academic reputation.

      In the question-and-answer session, which attracted significant interest from nursing academics, the relationship between technology and the philosophy of "care" was discussed. Professor TOKTAŞ stated that while AI can analyze data, it can never replace the compassionate and intuitive care a nurse provides to a patient. In his recommendations to the academics, TOKTAŞ reminded them that every output from AI should be filtered through expert review, and that the main purpose of this technology is to reduce the technical burden on researchers, encouraging them to conduct more in-depth analyses. The event concluded with the hope of creating a new vision for the harmonious integration of technology and ethics in health sciences.