Mitsotakis: We vote in the EU elections to have a strong presence in the European Parliament

Greeks must vote in the European elections so that the country is strong in the European Parliament and in all other European institutions, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, during the 5th ygeiamou conference held at the Athens Conservatory.

Mitsotakis also warned against confusing stability with stagnation. "Stability is a prerequisite for big changes. Our slogan is always 'closer to Europe' and there are areas where we can surpass Europe," he stressed.

The Greek premier spoke about the "Artificial Intelligence revolution" and the changes this is making in the field of healthcare, along with two distinguished Greek scientists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Konstantinos Daskalakis and Michalis Bletsas.

In reply to a question about the longstanding problems of Greece's national health system and AI, the prime minister emphasised that "Greece's health system is obviously burdened with serious problems from the past. I am glad that today we will discuss the future of health, but we must say that we have also launched a plan to restructure the health system."

He said that AI is a revolution that will change everything. "We see it as an opportunity to be able to catch up with and perhaps overtake other countries that had the opportunity to develop their systems earlier. Also, AI without data cannot exist, so starting with apps like the myhealth app and getting to a complete file, it is very important to automate processes within hospitals as well, so that we can go to a digital exchange of information."

"What excites me is the next step in AI applications, from helping, for example, every scientist analyse the structure of a protein and conducting related research up to using AI applications to diagnose skin cancer. We will not replace doctors but the use of data to reach conclusions and make observations that we could not make with the naked eye is important," he stated.

In response to a question about what artificial intelligence can offer in the field of health, Konstantinos Daskalakis, who is also the president of the High Level Advisory Committee for Artificial Intelligence in Greece, underlined that Greece can innovate in this field, is ready and has the support that it needs.

Artificial intelligence has made great leaps over the past decade, and the biggest ones are in the type of data it can analyse, he pointed out. He clarified that he does not consider that AI will replace doctors, the human factor.