Dr. Ulas Bagci Invited to Speak at Emory University’s AI.Humanity Conference

Dr. Ulas Bagci of Northwestern University was invited to speak at Emory University’s 2026 AI.Humanity Conference, Ground Truth: Reclaiming Reality in the Age of AI, held on March 27 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta. Bagci participated in the panel, “Medicine at the Crossroads of AI: Hope, Hype, and Reality,” where experts examined both the promise and the limitations of artificial intelligence in health care.

Hosted by Emory’s Center for AI Learning as part of the university’s AI.Humanity initiative, the conference brought together scholars, innovators, industry leaders and public thinkers for a full day of discussion on the impact of AI on society. The program featured five major panels covering AI in art, media and the humanities; the future of work; medicine; the hidden energy costs of data centers; and the role of Big Tech in the erosion of social trust. The keynote address, “AI Reality Check: From Hype to Hope,” was delivered by Princeton professor and New York Times opinion writer Zeynep Tufekci.

Bagci’s participation in the medicine panel reflected the growing importance of medical AI in today’s broader conversation about ethical, human-centered and trustworthy innovation. According to the conference agenda, the session focused on where AI can realistically support clinicians, where expectations have outpaced results, and why bias, reproducibility and patient trust remain central to the future of AI-enabled care.

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