
Human Code
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Book Introduction
A book for the 'dignified master' with the 'smart servant'!
Now that ‘AI literacy’ has become the default,
Redesign the "human code" that will differentiate you.
Since the ChatGPT craze, we've been focusing on how to use AI effectively.
However, contrary to rosy projections, more than 40% of corporate AI projects are being halted, and individuals are experiencing a state of "job hugging" due to technology fatigue. While interest and investment in AI are growing, we live in a paradoxical era of growing anxiety and fatigue.
The author emphasizes that “while the ability to utilize AI (literacy) is important, we must also discover the ‘human code’ that can embody unique human values.”
This book vividly depicts the rapid evolution of AI and the resulting economic and social changes, and within it, it depicts how each of us should redesign our life portfolios from five perspectives: work, senses, relationships, possessions, and society.
By recording 100 hours of conversations with 55 domestic and international leaders, we comprehensively explore specific survival strategies in the AI era.
"A book that analyzes 'what makes humans human' and offers deep insight into the underlying causes of change."
Kim Mi-seop (Vice Chairman and CEO of Mirae Asset Securities)
"The most insightful guide of the year, clearly outlining the opportunities and risks of the AI era."
_Kook Yoo-jin (CEO of Blackstone Korea Private Equity)
"A noble strategy book that prioritizes upgrading people over technology."
Park Jeong-ho (Professor in Charge, Myongji University, Vice President, Korea Economic Research Institute)
Now that ‘AI literacy’ has become the default,
Redesign the "human code" that will differentiate you.
Since the ChatGPT craze, we've been focusing on how to use AI effectively.
However, contrary to rosy projections, more than 40% of corporate AI projects are being halted, and individuals are experiencing a state of "job hugging" due to technology fatigue. While interest and investment in AI are growing, we live in a paradoxical era of growing anxiety and fatigue.
The author emphasizes that “while the ability to utilize AI (literacy) is important, we must also discover the ‘human code’ that can embody unique human values.”
This book vividly depicts the rapid evolution of AI and the resulting economic and social changes, and within it, it depicts how each of us should redesign our life portfolios from five perspectives: work, senses, relationships, possessions, and society.
By recording 100 hours of conversations with 55 domestic and international leaders, we comprehensively explore specific survival strategies in the AI era.
"A book that analyzes 'what makes humans human' and offers deep insight into the underlying causes of change."
Kim Mi-seop (Vice Chairman and CEO of Mirae Asset Securities)
"The most insightful guide of the year, clearly outlining the opportunities and risks of the AI era."
_Kook Yoo-jin (CEO of Blackstone Korea Private Equity)
"A noble strategy book that prioritizes upgrading people over technology."
Park Jeong-ho (Professor in Charge, Myongji University, Vice President, Korea Economic Research Institute)
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index
prolog
Part 1.
The Future of Work - "AI, Is It My Turn?"
Chapter 0.
Invisible roommate
24 Hours with AI
thoughtless genius
liar
Agents are now 'agentic'
General AI and the Dream of Superintelligence
The important questions begin
Chapter 1.
Are there any seats left? (For humans)
Same opportunity, different fate
The promise of liberation
Relocation: Opportunity or Disguise?
Human-Centered Design: 5 Essential Principles
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 2.
The one who asks will survive
The entrance is disappearing
Rewriting the Roles of Leaders and Practitioners
The next world belongs to those who ask.
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 3.
I am a bibimbap person
What do you do for a living?
People living with N identities
Competency in the N-Identity Era: Organizing, Not Organizing
The emergence of the project economy
? HUMAN CODE
Part 2.
The Future of Senses - "Human to Human"
Chapter 4.
An era where taste becomes a specification
AI is not magic
AI Literacy: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century
Here, your taste is 'as you like'
Finding lost tastes
A New Identity System in the AI Era
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 5.
A cool world ruled by the experienced rich
Huge trust
Free knowledge, valuable experience
Experience and Creativity: Spark vs. Consensus
The power to create a new order
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 6.
Our teacher has no body
11pm at Harvard
AI tutors become a part of everyday life.
Teacher, please don't leave
Ultimately, education that fosters humanity
? HUMAN CODE
Part 3.
The Future of Relationships - "Real Strategy in a Fake Age"
Chapter 7.
You were there, but you're not there anymore
Everything Bagel: Mu
The perfect comfort trap
Who am I
Choosing a Bagel: Between Perfect and Imperfect
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 8.
Two squares
The era of sharing myself
Square #1: AI did AI
Square #2: The Return of the Body
Where we meet again
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 9.
When the robot reaches out its hand
Laundry robot, dishwashing robot
Physical AI: Mind, Body, and World
The Hand: The Final Puzzle of Intelligence
? HUMAN CODE
Part 4.
The Future of Ownership: Empire and Individual
Chapter 10. AI Empire: A Map of Invisible Wealth
New Wealth Map
Cracks and crevices in the empire
AI Empire, on the map of the cracks
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 11: Reinventing Ownership: The Map We Draw
How to create wealth
Tokenization: Redesigning Ownership
The map may be redrawn
? HUMAN CODE
Part 5. Let's Live with Dignity in the AI Era
Chapter 12.
Energy and happiness
WATT (energy)
AI, that savory taste
Joy
AI also needs a "nutritional chart of trust."
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 13.
servant and master
Clanker
Taking Back Your Seat: AI Governance
Beyond borders and time, in front of you
? HUMAN CODE
Epilogue
Part 1.
The Future of Work - "AI, Is It My Turn?"
Chapter 0.
Invisible roommate
24 Hours with AI
thoughtless genius
liar
Agents are now 'agentic'
General AI and the Dream of Superintelligence
The important questions begin
Chapter 1.
Are there any seats left? (For humans)
Same opportunity, different fate
The promise of liberation
Relocation: Opportunity or Disguise?
Human-Centered Design: 5 Essential Principles
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 2.
The one who asks will survive
The entrance is disappearing
Rewriting the Roles of Leaders and Practitioners
The next world belongs to those who ask.
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 3.
I am a bibimbap person
What do you do for a living?
People living with N identities
Competency in the N-Identity Era: Organizing, Not Organizing
The emergence of the project economy
? HUMAN CODE
Part 2.
The Future of Senses - "Human to Human"
Chapter 4.
An era where taste becomes a specification
AI is not magic
AI Literacy: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century
Here, your taste is 'as you like'
Finding lost tastes
A New Identity System in the AI Era
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 5.
A cool world ruled by the experienced rich
Huge trust
Free knowledge, valuable experience
Experience and Creativity: Spark vs. Consensus
The power to create a new order
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 6.
Our teacher has no body
11pm at Harvard
AI tutors become a part of everyday life.
Teacher, please don't leave
Ultimately, education that fosters humanity
? HUMAN CODE
Part 3.
The Future of Relationships - "Real Strategy in a Fake Age"
Chapter 7.
You were there, but you're not there anymore
Everything Bagel: Mu
The perfect comfort trap
Who am I
Choosing a Bagel: Between Perfect and Imperfect
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 8.
Two squares
The era of sharing myself
Square #1: AI did AI
Square #2: The Return of the Body
Where we meet again
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 9.
When the robot reaches out its hand
Laundry robot, dishwashing robot
Physical AI: Mind, Body, and World
The Hand: The Final Puzzle of Intelligence
? HUMAN CODE
Part 4.
The Future of Ownership: Empire and Individual
Chapter 10. AI Empire: A Map of Invisible Wealth
New Wealth Map
Cracks and crevices in the empire
AI Empire, on the map of the cracks
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 11: Reinventing Ownership: The Map We Draw
How to create wealth
Tokenization: Redesigning Ownership
The map may be redrawn
? HUMAN CODE
Part 5. Let's Live with Dignity in the AI Era
Chapter 12.
Energy and happiness
WATT (energy)
AI, that savory taste
Joy
AI also needs a "nutritional chart of trust."
? HUMAN CODE
Chapter 13.
servant and master
Clanker
Taking Back Your Seat: AI Governance
Beyond borders and time, in front of you
? HUMAN CODE
Epilogue
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Publisher's Review
Rewriting Your Life Portfolio in the AI Era
Specifically, it presents a strategy for designing a new life portfolio in the AI era in five parts: ‘work, senses, relationships, possessions (wealth), and society.’
1.
The Future of Work | AI promised to replace simple tasks, but in reality, it has brought about a wave of layoffs.
If we want true innovation, we need to design a new bundle by recombining the roles of humans and AI by "task" rather than by job.
We will examine the specific methods and also examine the rise and characteristics of the 'project economy', which is centered on 'organization' rather than 'organization'.
2.
The Future of the Senses | If AI literacy is the fundamental skill of handling tools, then taste is the extra advantage of rejecting uniformity and redesigning order.
In an age where knowledge is free, real capital moves to 'experience and taste', which cannot be replicated or shortened.
We examine the reality that competitiveness is determined not by 'what tools can be used' but by 'what can be seen with those tools and why they were chosen'.
Meanwhile, in the educational field where AI tutors are invading, human educators are not just imparting knowledge, but rather stimulating thinking, building trust, and guiding students' growth with their unique values of emotion, ethics, and self-understanding.
3.
The Future of Relationships | The 'AI Companion' service, which accepts all emotions without judgment, alleviates loneliness, but that comfort has actually created the trap of avoiding reality and emotional dependence.
We examine strategies for preserving identity, which is formed only in relationships with others, and restoring the ‘body square.’
4.
The Future of Ownership | In the era of AI capitalism, which has regressed to a feudal structure, we examine how the map of wealth is changing.
Will the current massive investments in AI, based on future, exclusive, expected profits, bear fruit? We also explore the public debate over the "bubble."
Meanwhile, we explore a new economic ethic that returns ownership to individuals and fairly distributes value through blockchain and tokenization.
5.
The Future of Society | We examine whether the increased efficiency brought about by AI actually increases human happiness.
In an era of "real-time social contracts," where the speed of technology outpaces institutions and a single line of code can change the answers of hundreds of millions of people, the forefront of governance is now the individual, not the state.
Vivid insights captured through 100 hours of on-site conversations.
While writing this book, the author spent approximately 100 hours talking with 55 leaders and practitioners working at the forefront of various industries.
This book captures the human struggles and strategies captured in the field of technology with AI researchers, managers, investors, educators, artists, and policymakers from around the world, including Silicon Valley, Washington, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. By eliminating marketing language that exaggerates the future of the AI era and bleak narratives of technology overwhelming humanity, we aim to help readers realistically envision a variety of choices and their consequences.
AI has now become the new language and order of our world.
We think, work, and relate to it every day.
The ability to adapt to these new changes is now fundamental.
Going one step further, it is important to discover a "human code" that can take the lead in technology and realize unique human values.
This book will help you find the answer.
Specifically, it presents a strategy for designing a new life portfolio in the AI era in five parts: ‘work, senses, relationships, possessions (wealth), and society.’
1.
The Future of Work | AI promised to replace simple tasks, but in reality, it has brought about a wave of layoffs.
If we want true innovation, we need to design a new bundle by recombining the roles of humans and AI by "task" rather than by job.
We will examine the specific methods and also examine the rise and characteristics of the 'project economy', which is centered on 'organization' rather than 'organization'.
2.
The Future of the Senses | If AI literacy is the fundamental skill of handling tools, then taste is the extra advantage of rejecting uniformity and redesigning order.
In an age where knowledge is free, real capital moves to 'experience and taste', which cannot be replicated or shortened.
We examine the reality that competitiveness is determined not by 'what tools can be used' but by 'what can be seen with those tools and why they were chosen'.
Meanwhile, in the educational field where AI tutors are invading, human educators are not just imparting knowledge, but rather stimulating thinking, building trust, and guiding students' growth with their unique values of emotion, ethics, and self-understanding.
3.
The Future of Relationships | The 'AI Companion' service, which accepts all emotions without judgment, alleviates loneliness, but that comfort has actually created the trap of avoiding reality and emotional dependence.
We examine strategies for preserving identity, which is formed only in relationships with others, and restoring the ‘body square.’
4.
The Future of Ownership | In the era of AI capitalism, which has regressed to a feudal structure, we examine how the map of wealth is changing.
Will the current massive investments in AI, based on future, exclusive, expected profits, bear fruit? We also explore the public debate over the "bubble."
Meanwhile, we explore a new economic ethic that returns ownership to individuals and fairly distributes value through blockchain and tokenization.
5.
The Future of Society | We examine whether the increased efficiency brought about by AI actually increases human happiness.
In an era of "real-time social contracts," where the speed of technology outpaces institutions and a single line of code can change the answers of hundreds of millions of people, the forefront of governance is now the individual, not the state.
Vivid insights captured through 100 hours of on-site conversations.
While writing this book, the author spent approximately 100 hours talking with 55 leaders and practitioners working at the forefront of various industries.
This book captures the human struggles and strategies captured in the field of technology with AI researchers, managers, investors, educators, artists, and policymakers from around the world, including Silicon Valley, Washington, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. By eliminating marketing language that exaggerates the future of the AI era and bleak narratives of technology overwhelming humanity, we aim to help readers realistically envision a variety of choices and their consequences.
AI has now become the new language and order of our world.
We think, work, and relate to it every day.
The ability to adapt to these new changes is now fundamental.
Going one step further, it is important to discover a "human code" that can take the lead in technology and realize unique human values.
This book will help you find the answer.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 3, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 436 pages | 650g | 152*225*28mm
- ISBN13: 9791199096950
- ISBN10: 1199096954
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