From Rival to Collaborator: Lee Se-dol Highlights Human Value in the Era of Agentic AI

Ten years after his historic match against AlphaGo, Go Master Lee Se-dol reunited with artificial intelligence at the Four Seasons Hotel, the exact location of their previous encounter. At an event hosted by the AI startup Enhance, Lee demonstrated a significant shift in the human-AI relationship from confrontation to "collaboration". Using an Agentic AI named 'YooA', Lee successfully created a Go education app for children in just 20 to 30 minutes through simple voice commands. The AI autonomously searched for open-source Go engines, proposed design layouts, and completed the necessary coding. After playing a game against the newly created app, Lee stated that the AI's skill level already surpasses that of AlphaGo from a decade ago. The core value of this news lies in Lee's perspective on the future of human-AI interaction. He noted that while AI can efficiently solve complex problems and significantly lower the barrier to learning Go, it completely lacks the personal stories, memories, and experiences inherent in human gameplay. Ultimately, Lee emphasized that humans must continue to advance by embracing AI as a collaborative tool while preserving and leveraging their unique human narratives.