The Era of Intense Debate Surrounding AI Development Prospects
Philosopher Kim Jae-in's Sharp Insights that Transform AI Big Bang into a Renaissance of Humanities

In March 2023, the emergence of ChatGPT-4 sparked intense debates surrounding the prospects of AI development. Fears abound across technical fields, academia, and everyday life about the possibility of human-created technology overwhelming humanity. Jeffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI and pioneer of deep learning, left Google this May to freely discuss the dangers of AI, while Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, warned during the first-ever AI hearing in the US Congress that uncontrolled AI could have detrimental effects on the world. Will humanity be dominated by machines? Does humanity have a future?

Philosopher Kim Jae-in, who has long analyzed changes in science and technology, innovatively shifts the discourse of the debate from the dominant narrative of 'Can machines surpass humans?' to an alternative narrative of 'How can humans coexist with machines?' His humanistic insights, which place humans, rather than machines, as subjects of thought, shed light on the essence of the crisis overlooked in the debates surrounding AI development. By deriving limitations through the principles of generative artificial intelligence and reflecting on human uniqueness at these boundaries, this book serves as an indispensable guide to AI. Through the perspective of philosopher Kim Jae-in, who paradoxically views the era of AI Big Bang as a Renaissance of Humanities, readers can sense the utility of philosophy in responding to crises and the resurgence of the power of humanities.