The World Knowledge Forum, which has become Asias largest knowledge festival, has been an opportunity to share the knowledge and insights of the worlds top experts on the issues of the past 25 years and major issues of the year. In particular, in recent years, big tech and artificial intelligence (AI), which serve as the spearheads of next-generation innovation, have been at the center. 

At the 24th World Knowledge Forum, global tech industry gurus, including Steve Wozniak, who led the founding myth of Steve Jobs and Apple, and Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, who caused global AI syndromes with the development of ChatGPT, shared their views on the future of artificial intelligence with the audience. 

At the time, Apple co-founder Wozniak emphasized "regulatory theory," saying that while using AI, which is blowing like a frenzy, we should be thoroughly wary of its side effects, CEO Altman expressed "development theory," saying, "The era will come when single-person companies will become unicorns due to AI." 

Last years forum, which marked its 25th anniversary, significantly increased the number of AI-themed sessions. Of a total of 80 sessions, more than 20 dealt with AI as a subject. A number of sessions have been organized to find solutions to the coexistence of humanity and AI by naming the forum major system "Journey to Coexistence." As a result, the sessions received a great response from the audience. Three of the top five with the largest audience in more than 80 sessions were AI-related sessions. 

Among them, the largest crowd gathered at the "AI Confessions: The Good, the Ugly, and the Unexpected" session, which included Summer Kim UX Partner of StratMinds, a venture capital specializing in AI, and Cho Kyung-hyun, a computer science professor at New York University, a world-renowned AI scholar. 

[Reporter YEON GUE WOOK] ​