Critical statements were made about industrial transformation and artificial integration intelligence within the scope of the AI ​​​​Tomorrow Summit held in Ankara. Ahmet Acaroğulları, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACA Group, states that Turkey’s real breaking point in the field of artificial intelligence is hidden in the fundamental production culture of Anatolia rather than global software centers. Acaroğulları stated that artificial intelligence technologies are not just about large language models or huge information centers; He emphasizes that field experience in strategic departments such as defense, power and manufacturing will elevate the domestic artificial intelligence ecosystem.

• Anatolian Production Culture Focus:Turkey’s biggest advantage in the artificial intelligence race stands out as its ability to integrate the operational experience accumulated over the years in factories and production lines with artificial intelligence algorithms.

• Human-Oriented Technological Transformation:The aim of artificial intelligence is not to replace employees, but to increase the capabilities and added value of engineers, foremen and field teams by reducing the repetitive workload.

• Data Sovereignty and Local Models:Establishing local data centers and developing local models is becoming a strategic necessity in order to ensure technological independence in critical areas such as the power and defense industry.

The Power of Artificial Intelligence is Taking Shape in Factories and in the Field

In the technology world, the artificial intelligence revolution is generally interpreted through Silicon Valley-based software companies, models with billions of parameters and huge server farms. However, Türkiye has a unique and much stronger advantage in this global race: Industrial production power and field accumulation. According to the vision shared at the top in Ankara, real added value emerges not only by writing code, but by feeding that code with real information at the production lines.

Anatolia’s classical production dynamics, flexible manufacturing capability and engineering reflexes are among the most valuable elements for artificial intelligence. The operational problems that major technology companies try to solve in simulation environments are essentially experienced and managed with real-time data in production facilities in Turkey. The digitalization of this field experience aims to position Türkiye not only as a consumer in artificial intelligence applications, but as a producer offering niche solutions on a global scale.

Local Information Centers and Infrastructure for Technological Independence

The security of data, which is the main fuel of artificial intelligence systems, is now at a level equal to national security problems. Transporting information produced in strategic areas such as power networks, defense industry projects and heavy industry facilities to servers abroad poses great risks. At this point, the concept of information sovereignty comes into play.

In order for Türkiye to maintain its technological independence, it needs artificial intelligence systems running on local data centers and supported entirely by domestic resources. The fact that critical operations can be controlled and information remains within the country prevents industrial espionage and strengthens cyber security barriers. Platform projects such as NanoERP, NanoOHS and ACAONE, carried out within the ACA Group, serve exactly this purpose, transforming operational data into local decision systems based on artificial intelligence.

Human and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration: Talent Transformation, Not Employment

With the spread of artificial intelligence, employment issues are one of the most discussed issues around the world. However, the vision that Türkiye should adopt is based on a structure that makes people stronger with technology, not one that pushes people out of the system. Artificial intelligence is positioned as an instrument not to replace a master in the factory or an engineer in the R&D center, but to magnify their years of experience with a multiplier effect.

Automation and artificial intelligence-based occupational safety systems (OHS) save employees from monotonous, repetitive and physically risky jobs. In this way, human resources have the opportunity to focus on more innovative, strategic and value-added processes. The combination of the tradition of mastery and the analytical power brought by artificial intelligence is seen as the formula to permanently increase the competitiveness of the Turkish industry in the global market.