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'AI's future hinges on smarter users, better chips, new business models'

At the 2026 CEO Summer Forum hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries, speakers including former Go champion Lee Se-dol emphasized that AI's future depends on AI literacy, energy-efficient chips, and new business models, not just larger language models. Lee argued that humans must maintain their convictions while adapting to an AI-driven world, and that AI literacy will be key to future competitiveness.

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JEJU ISLAND — The next phase of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution will be defined not by the race to build bigger language models, but by AI literacy, energy-efficient semiconductor design and AI-native business models, speakers at the 2026 CEO Summer Forum hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said Thursday. Lee Se-dol, former professional champion in the game of go and now special professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, said the rise of AI requires human beings to hold on to their belief and philosophical ideas, while avoiding being constrained by fixed ways of thinking. "Humans should continue to uphold their convictions and philosophy in the AI era, but we also need to lower our preconceived notions," Lee said during the annual FKI forum. "Only then can we make decisions that are suited to a world shaped by AI." Lee also said that AI literacy will become a major determinant of future competitiveness. He explained that the gap between the people who use AI merely to ask simple questions and those who fully leverage AI agents and

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