Sungkyunkwan University and the University of Toronto hosted the 2026 Seoul Forum on AI and University on Monday to discuss the role of universities in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). During the forum held at Sungkyunkwan University’s Seoul campus, participants discussed fundamental questions raised by the widespread adoption of generative AI, particularly the role and mission of universities in education, research and society. Rather than treating AI merely as a technological tool, the forum explored fundamental questions about the kinds of work humans will undertake and the identities they will forge in the AI era. Participants explored the unique role of universities and sought to redefine the future of higher education and the role of the humanities. Myaeng Sung-hyon, professor emeritus in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, argued in a keynote speech that universities must fundamentally rethink their traditional models of education and research. “In an era when human intellectual labor is no longer
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