The silence that followed Joon-ho's analysis was a thoughtful one. The staff, who had spent the morning feeling as though they were watching a ship sink, now looked at the situation as if they were watching a carefully planned experiment. The tension had shifted from a state of crisis to a state of intellectual curiosity.
One of the junior designers, a young woman who had always been fascinated by technology but feared its impact on the arts, cleared her throat. She looked at Joon-ho with a mixture of hesitation and genuine curiosity.
"Mr. Joon-ho," she began, her voice small but clear. "You mentioned that AI is a simulation, but we see the buzz everywhere. The Baek family is claiming that AI isn't just a tool, but a replacement for human limitation. In your opinion… is AI actually worth the hype? Or are we just fighting a battle we've already lost?"
