Jae-hun Jeong on Talent in the Valley of AI Transformation
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According to AI TIMES, SK Telecom CEO Jae-hun Jeong said at a special lecture at Seoul National University on Sept. 1 that in the AI era, ta…
According to AI TIMES, SK Telecom CEO Jae-hun Jeong said at a special lecture at Seoul National University on Sept. 1 that in the AI era, talent with insight and empathy is more important than coding itself. Speaking before more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students, he highlighted the "J-curve of AX" as a key theme, in which productivity initially falls after AI adoption and then surges sharply later. Jeong said that as the pace of technology diffusion becomes difficult to compare with that of existing industrial orders, the way companies work and their competitive landscape are also being reorganized. He added that a structure that relies on other companies' technology makes it difficult to preserve options, underscoring the need for AI capabilities with autonomy. As solutions, he pointed to an attitude of questioning existing assumptions, facing extreme goals, and enduring early discomfort. In the end, the lecture placed weight on the message that as AI spreads more widely, the roles left to people are to set direction, judge value, and connect different fields.
Perspective
This remark shows that the focus of AI competition is shifting from a simple question of whether to adopt AI to whether an organization can absorb early inefficiency and ultimately transform the way it works. In particular, it suggests that rather than approaches centered only on technology performance, companies need to redesign human judgment, collaboration, and adaptability together, signaling to the industry that the completeness of organizational transformation, rather than tool adoption, could create a much larger gap.
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