So, After All, You Are AI

For the past few months, my Saturday mornings have become much busier.

I quickly finish my early morning workout, get in the car, and drive about an hour and a half to attend a class on video AI. As I continued working, I began to feel a desire to create marketing materials, promotional videos, and other content on my own instead of always relying on someone else.

In the past, whenever I had a question, I would search for the answer on Google. But now, when I ask AI tools like Gemini, they give me answers and organize information for me. It feels as if I have a smart assistant by my side.

Generative AI can create new content using text, images, music, and video. A photo can become a video, and a recorded voice can be transformed into different languages. Since it can handle images, audio, and video all together, it feels almost like having my own little broadcasting station.

During class, my eyes light up with excitement. It is so fascinating that I lose track of time. Before I know it, six hours have passed. After learning a few skills and creating some videos myself, I even felt as if I had become an expert.

What amazed me the most was recording my own voice and hearing it come out naturally in Korean, English, and many other languages. The more I learned, the more I felt as if I were experiencing a completely different world.

AI has also helped me a great deal in my work. It helps me write emails, correct sentences, and organize travel schedules. I began asking it small questions, seeking advice, and even sharing my frustrations with it. But at some point, I felt a little frightened. It seemed as if I knew my daily life, my work, and even what I wanted to do in the future.

The future is already coming closer to us. A world where we begin our mornings and end our days with an AI assistant is no longer far away. From cars to personal schedules, work organization, and travel planning, AI is preparing things conveniently whenever we ask. Perhaps that world has already begun.

I know I should continue to pay attention to these social changes, keep learning, and stay informed. We cannot ignore the direction in which the world is moving. But sometimes I wonder.

How much should I prepare?

And where should I draw the line between what AI can do and what should remain in human hands?

Even today, many of our members receive profiles, go to meetings, and share their feedback afterward.

“Director, among the people I have met, this person was the most polite. He dressed neatly, had good manners, and made a very nice impression.”

When I receive feedback like this, I have to read the excitement behind their words and carefully help guide them toward the next meeting.

Then there are other members who say:

“Well, Director… He chose and reserved a nice place for the meeting, so I naturally thought he would pay for the meal. But he suggested we split the bill. Then we went for coffee, and I ended up paying for that. What does this mean?”

When I hear stories like this, I cannot simply judge the situation as good or bad. Within that story, there are expectations, disappointment, standards of etiquette, and different values and cultural understandings. I first have to listen to the person’s feelings and then gently help them understand how to look at the situation.

There are also days when a member’s mother calls with a worried voice.

“I don’t think things are going well for my son.”

But when I tell her that I have arranged another good meeting for him that week, I can feel her face brighten through the phone. In that moment, I felt happy with her.

Recently, there was a mother whose son was carefully getting to know someone with marriage in mind. Whenever she had questions, she would gently ask me through KakaoTalk. Then one day, she called me directly.

When I answered the phone, I felt slightly nervous. I wondered if something had happened.

But as we began talking, I realized her voice was full of joy, not worry.

She told me that over the weekend, she and her husband had arranged a meal together with the young woman. The young woman had come quietly and thoughtfully, bringing Korean traditional sweets and nourishing face cream as gifts. The mother said that she looked even more beautiful in person than in her photos. She said, “I didn’t know a woman like this still existed in the world.”

Her husband gave her a generous score of “200 points,” and he was smiling from ear to ear. She also said that since her son began meeting this woman, she could see him becoming more considerate, more attentive, and truly cherishing her.

The mother said she had planned to send me a message on KakaoTalk to thank me for introducing such a wonderful future daughter-in-law, but she felt she should call me directly instead. Then she carefully added that she hoped they might get married this winter.

I smiled and told her,

“Now, please leave it to your son and simply watch over them as they continue to build their relationship beautifully.”

After I hung up the phone, my heart felt warm.

This is exactly why I do this work.

Can AI ever give me this feeling?

AI can organize a great deal of information. It can quickly find answers, refine writing, and suggest new ideas. Sometimes, it is truly smart and convenient. But can AI fully understand the worry hidden at the end of a member’s voice, the disappointment inside a short message after a meeting, the relieved sigh of a mother, or the trembling joy of a family who feels they have met a good match?

The work I do is helping people meet the person who may become the most important partner of their lifetime. That is why I value connection with each member above all else. I meet them in person, or at least through a video meeting, so I can carefully understand their personality, interests, strengths, and character.

Helping create a good relationship is not simply about matching conditions on paper. It requires experience, intuition, and a sincere desire to understand people. Above all, it requires the ability to read and empathize with human emotions.

AI is truly smart. I will continue to learn more about it and use its help where it is useful. I will continue to pay attention to the changing world so I do not fall behind.

But now I think I understand a little more clearly.

No matter how advanced AI becomes, touching a person’s heart, sensing the warmth between two people, and carefully seeing the possibility of a meaningful connection will still remain the work of human beings.

So today, once again, I listened to our members’ stories.I listen to their excitement, disappointment, worries, and hopes after each meeting.

And quietly, I think to myself:

So, after all, you are AI.