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“I couldn't walk around Nişantaşı”

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Ali Rıza Binboğa, who has spent more than 50 years in the arts, said public attention once made it difficult for him to walk through Nişantaşı.
  • He said people still approach him with personal stories about how his songs affected their lives.
  • Binboğa criticized artificial intelligence for removing emotion from creative work and imitating voices, including his own.

Ali Rıza Binboğa said intense public attention once made it impossible for him to walk comfortably through Istanbul's Nişantaşı district.

I couldn't walk around Nişantaşı.

· Ali Rıza BinboğaHe described how public attention once made it difficult to walk through the Istanbul district.

The artist, who has spent more than 50 years in the arts, said people would constantly stop him to talk. He added that he had never broken his connection with the public and that people still love him.

There was so much attention. For example, I couldn't go out in Nişantaşı.

· Ali Rıza BinboğaHe explained why encounters with admirers made it difficult to move around publicly.

Fans tell him, "Thanks to you, I became a teacher," "I proposed to my wife," and "I am not losing hope," he said.

Thanks to you, I became a teacher.

· Ali Rıza Binboğa's fansHe recalled what people tell him about the impact of his work.

Binboğa also spoke critically about artificial intelligence. "Emotions have disappeared, and artificial intelligence produces works and imitates your voice," he said, adding that someone had created a version of his own voice. The experience left him unsure, he said, because it sounded as if he were speaking himself. He concluded that escaping this development would not be possible in the current era.

Emotions have disappeared, and artificial intelligence produces works and imitates your voice.

· Ali Rıza BinboğaHe criticized AI-generated creative work and voice imitation.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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