'Trend Korea 2026' predicts human expertise, not AI, will shape future

Artificial intelligence (AI) has stepped into the center of human affairs. The seismic rise of generative AI has already begun to reshape the workplace, the classroom, the halls of politics and even the fabric of culture itself. In its wake, an age-old question stirs anew: What role do humans still occupy? Two years ago, Kim Ran-do, professor emeritus of consumer science at Seoul National University, offered his own answer. He coined the neologism “Homo Promptus” to describe individuals adept at strategically harnessing AI through the art of prompt-writing and engineering, reserving for themselves the final judgment over its output. With the release of his latest annual book, “Trend Korea 2026,” Kim has distilled his vision into a new keyword: “Human-in-the-Loop.” The question of AI no longer lies simply in whether one can wield it or not — that threshold has long been crossed. What is unfolding now, he argues, is a “widening rift” in the quality of what humans create with AI. “When we look closely at the work born with AI’s help, the difference is not merely in whoWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times