prolog

Part 1.
Technology

1.
The emergence of intelligent machines
- The long-held dream of a 'thinking machine'
- From ‘rule-based AI’ to ‘statistics-based AI’
The true identity of AI is a 'big data decoder'.
- AI also has a brain, similar to humans.
- How did generative AI inherit this trend?

2.
How did machines come to understand 'language'?
- From ELIZA to GPT: Machines Understanding Language
- Generative Pre-trained AI
- Hallucination and Retrieval Augmented Generation
- AI that reads AI-written texts because there are no more books to read

3.
On the 'creativity' of humans and machines
- Is there anything new under the sun?
Creativity and Randomness: Why Does AI Sometimes Look Like a 'Genius'?
- The limitations and possibilities of AI creation

4.
The emergence of AI that can create pictures, music, and even videos.
- Follow creativity in your own way
- Generative AI technology that draws pictures
- Generative AI technology that creates music
The Emergence of Multimodal Models: Creating Everything with One AI

Part 2.
Industry

5.
From semiconductors to apps, AI powers the IT ecosystem.
- The New Hardware War for GPUs, NPUs, and AI
- The world of the cloud, the earth getting hotter
The dazzling progress of the open source AI ecosystem
- A world where anyone can run their own AI.

6. The AI ​​Hegemony War - A New Phase of Cold War II
- OpenAI is Closed.
Open ecosystem vs.
closed ecosystem
Sovereign AI and AI independence
AI Regulation and the Battle for Hegemony: The United States, China, and South Korea

7.
Generative AI: Redesigning Industry
- In the AI ​​era, which industries will see jobs disappear first?
The Vibe Coding Controversy: "40% of Recent Layoffs Are Developers"
Employers' efforts to replace high-income workers with AI
- With just 'this', AI can even write a verdict?
- User-centric thinking: What tasks will AI never be able to replace?

Part 3.
Human

8. AI, insulting the pain of creation
- Can AI's work be recognized as art?
- The Ghibli Profile Picture Incident and the Artists' Anger
- Is the AI ​​industry a cyber thieves' gang?
- Efforts for honest AI

9.
AI Goes to Work: The Era of Working Machines
- Agent, the protagonist of the generative AI industry?
- With a coworker who lives off electricity instead of food
- A question from a government agency - “Can we use AI for this kind of work?”

10. Life with AI
- Personal AI, a being that knows me better than my family.
Generative AI Becomes a Companion for People with Disabilities
- Can artificial intelligence cure human loneliness?
- AI for pets

Part 4.
Philosophy

11.
Uncanny Valley, Uncanny Mountain
- Are AI creators modern-day Pygmalions?
- A request from a library - “Please create an AI that resembles poet Yun Dong-ju.”
- The 500 Million Year Button and the Path to Eternal Life Through AI

12. Should we entrust AI with ethical decisions?
The self-driving car dilemma
- Legal justice vs.
philosophical definition
- Will AI judges be fairer than humans?
Data poisoning attacks, the new Luddite movement

13.
Utopia or Panopticon
- Safe Paradise vs.
A prison under perfect control
- An era where disease and lifespan limitations have been conquered
- AI that biases, distorts, and contaminates me
- Is free will a concept that no longer exists?

Epilogue

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