PART 1. AI Beats Humans: The Emergence of AGI
1. Humanity on the brink of extinction due to AGI
2. What is AGI?
3.
How well can humanity cope with AI?
4.
A gentle singularity is coming
5. AI will surpass humans within five years.
6. Will AGI save humanity?
7. The risks humanity will face in the AGI and ASI eras.
8. AGI's Key Technology That Will Change Everything

PART 2.
Humans vs. Robots: Who Will Change the World?
1.
The future of robots surpasses humans.
2.
Big tech companies investing in robots
3.
Invasion of Home Humanoid Robots
4.
Will robots replace the children we don't have?
5.
A robot that acts like a child
6.
surgical robots
7.
house-building robot
8.
space activity robots
9.
war robots
10.
Robots of the future that surpass imagination

PART 3. AI Shock: Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
1.
Workers work side by side with robots
2.
The End of Labor
3.
The cause of the restructuring is AI
4. Where Should Humans Go in the AI ​​Era?
5.
Beyond the end of work, the beginning of a new life
6.
Jobs that are emerging, jobs that are disappearing

PART 4. AGI's Economic Automation: What Will We Gain?
1.
The era of an economy without humans
2.
Rising technological unemployment
3.
White collar jobs are disappearing
4.
Basic income is coming
5.
Sam Altman's Basic Income Experiment
6.
The era of free housing is coming

PART 5. In the Age of AGI, Universities Will Disappear
1. The Great Educational Revolution Brought About by the AGI Era
2.
The liberation from the college entrance exam competition begins.
3.
The End of University
4.
The degree section disappears from your resume.
5.
The era of zero tuition burden
6. AI and the New Digital Divide

PART 6.
Climate disaster and AGI are coming simultaneously.
1.
Climate Goal Death Declaration
2.
What burden will climate change have on children?
3.
The average temperature will rise by 7°C by 2200.
4.
Air Pollution and Our Future
5.
Economic crisis brought about by climate change
6.
AI Finds Clues to Climate Change
7. AI-based weather forecasting

PART 7.
New paths created by technology
1. Transportation Changed by AGI
2.
Flying cars appear
3.
In the era of one-hour travel passes, borders are disappearing.
4.
The social upheaval brought about by supersonic travel
5.
The era of space express delivery

PART 8. How the AGI Era Will Change Our Daily Lives
1.
Food, clothing, and shelter will change like this in 2030.
2.
A home is no longer an asset
3. The Future of Korean Housing, Unfolding Through AGI
4.
Changing Apparel Industry Landscape
5.
Dishes disappear, and eating time shortens.
6.
An era of rapidly declining living costs
7.
From the human internet to the AI ​​internet
8.
AI that reads minds
9. AGI Era Korean Peninsula Scenario

Will AGI be humanity's savior or destroyer?

Just a few years ago, we believed that AI would be our savior, solving problems that humanity could not solve.
However, as AI gradually surpasses human intelligence, we begin to fear that AGI may become not only an invader who threatens human civilization but also a destroyer who ultimately goes out of control and destroys humanity.
Will AGI be humanity's savior or its destroyer?

A world where machines understand, learn, and innovate in diverse activities like humans is not far off. There are observations that AGI has already been largely achieved or is on the threshold of achieving it.
As we stand on the threshold of a technological revolution that promises greater change than ever before, it's natural to feel a mixture of excitement and anxiety about what lies ahead.
However, many people do not know exactly what changes AGI will bring and why it is important to us.

If AGI becomes a part of our daily lives, almost every aspect of our lives will change.
First, most industries will maximize productivity, and the economy will grow exponentially through innovation and optimization.
In the manufacturing plant, 99.99% of defective products will be filtered out at high speed and high precision.
Additionally, by introducing robots equipped with AGI systems in large quantities, we can simultaneously increase production rates and reduce operating costs.
The financial sector is also expected to undergo significant changes.
Banks and securities firms use AGI to analyze customers' investment tendencies and market fluctuations in real time and provide customized asset management.
Loan review, which previously required numerous documents to be verified and reviewed, is now significantly shortened as data can be checked immediately with AGI.
The medical field will also expand new possibilities from AGI.
By actively utilizing AGI in diagnosis and treatment of various fields such as heart, brain, dementia, and various types of cancer, it is possible to diagnose diseases with a higher accuracy rate than doctors and suggest the most effective treatment method.
It will sequentially solve the difficult problem of complex diagnosis that human specialists have not been able to solve, freeing humanity from aging and disease.
At the same time, leisure and self-realization are achieved.
In the education field, AGI tutors can be introduced into the learning process to provide personalized learning materials and feedback based on each student's learning style.
In short, it is the same effect as having an AGI private tutor.
As a result, competition for college entrance exams will disappear in the future.
Beyond this, AGI will solve challenges humanity has faced so far.
Up to this point, this is the role of savior that humanity has expected from AGI.

But where there's light, there's always shadow. AGI will lead to a robot-centric economy and environment.
When the era of the human-less economy dawns, we will face the reality of mass unemployment and the end of labor.
Big tech companies like Amazon and Google have already begun large-scale restructuring, citing AI as a reason.
If this situation continues, the future that awaits us will be a terrible ending in which humans will be nothing more than useless beings.
Moreover, as AI technology rapidly develops, the digital divide between those who possess or know how to manage it and those who do not is widening, putting an entire generation at risk of being left behind.
This gap will create new forms of economic inequality and create new challenges that humanity may never be able to solve.
In this way, in the AGI era, the value of labor may disappear and even the social structure may collapse, causing serious damage.
Moreover, if AGI becomes commonplace, it will lead to artificial superintelligence (ASI), a machine intelligence that vastly surpasses human intelligence in all cognitive abilities.
At this stage, humanity's ability to control ASI may be virtually lost. ASI may set its own goals and threaten humanity's survival to achieve them.
It's like the 'destruction of humanity' in a science fiction movie.


Youngsook Park and Jerome Glenn, futurists and authors of the World Future Report 2026-2036, have constantly pondered how AGI will restructure human systems and how to maintain sustainable self-realization without losing humanity while going through constant change.
In the not-too-distant future, we will experience unprecedented advancements in science, art, and quality of life.
But if this transition is not carefully managed, the vast majority of humanity could face extreme inequality, with unemployment and a loss of purpose.
There are still many variables and time left before we reach a world where full AI and robots completely replace jobs and human capabilities.
The advancement of technology cannot be stopped.
But we can change that direction to become an opportunity to redefine human roles and values.

We now have two glasses before us called AGI.
One is a toast containing the utopia that AGI will bring to humanity, and the other is a poisoned chalice containing the dystopia that AGI and ASI will drive humanity to destruction.
What kind of cup will we lift?

The important thing is not 'when' AGI will come,
The question is 'How to prepare'!

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman blogged in June 2025 that “we have already crossed the point of no return.”
He emphasized that AI has already demonstrated superior capabilities to humans in many areas and has overcome the most scientifically challenging areas. Now that AI has replaced practical cognitive labor, Altman predicted that in the near future, AGI will independently generate new insights and then implement those insights.
What will we look like then?

Currently, each company and country is pouring astronomical amounts of capital and talent into the pursuit of ASI beyond AGI.
However, the moment a true superintelligence emerges, it will have an unimaginable impact on society, economy, and politics, so the focus of the discussion is now shifting from 'when will it come?' to 'how to prepare for it.'
If humanity wants a better future, it must create its own ending.
It is about creating a beautiful future where we can enjoy prosperity while maintaining our humanity.
To get there, you have to make a plan and walk the path.
If you don't act, there is no better ending.

Nothing comes to save humanity.
There are no benevolent adults, no superheroes to save the day.
This is not that kind of story.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
If we do nothing, AGI and ASI will win.
That's all.

The AGI era will be an opportunity to redefine human roles and values ​​beyond simply having AI replace the workforce.
Just a year or two ago, the slogan “AI will replace you” dominated social media.
But now, we have gone far beyond that stage, and AI is directly replacing human work and jobs, as well as what humans used to do in all fields.
Ultimately, the important question is not whether we will be pushed out by AI, but rather, what new areas and values ​​will we create by collaborating with AI?
This book honestly shows the light and shadow of a future led by AGI, while also contemplating what we must truly understand as humans and finding the direction we should take together.