Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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신진서가 말하는 AI 시대, 우리가 여전히 인간의 바둑을 보는 이유

Few people can say they've beaten AI at one of the world's most complex games.
But Shin Jin-seo, the world's No. 1 Go player, is one of them.
He says AI is not something we need to beat, but something we need to learn from and use to improve ourselves.
Our Park Chae-ryeong sat down with him to find out what that means in the age of AI.

The world's top Go player, Shin Jin-seo won two out of three games against the AI Go program KataGo last month.
In an interview with Arirang, he explained how he managed to do that.

"Playing an even game would have been difficult to win, but with a two-stone handicap, it could make for an interesting match. That's how the match came about. One of the key factors behind the win was that I could figure out how AI plays Go. It consistently chooses the move according to its own mathematical answer."


"Yes of course. What the AI considers the 'correct' move is not necessarily the correct move for humans. AI will play according to how it was programmed, but humans are different. Even when we think a certain move is the right one, we can choose to deviate from it. Sometimes, we don't even play what we believe is the correct move."

When asked why we should still watch humans play Go when AI can calculate better moves, Shin said human imperfection, and the drama it creates, is what makes the game so compelling.

"Human Go has much more variety. One player might make a mistake, and because we're human, that mistake can emotionally shake us. But then we have to overcome that, recover, and sometimes turn the game around. I think that whole process makes human Go far more compelling to watch."

Ironically, even after beating KataGo himself, Shin pushed back against the idea that humans need to beat AI.
"Personally, I'm not really sure why we necessarily have to beat AI. In the world of Go, AI has already become incredibly powerful, and it’s something we'll have to coexist with for a long time. Ultimately, what matters is how we use AI to improve ourselves."

For Shin, AI is not the finish line, but another tool to keep learning, improving and moving forward.
"AI has shown us extraordinary moves, which make me question whether this is really the same game I thought I knew. and being ranked No. 1 certainly doesn't mean there's nowhere left for me to grow. There is still so much room for improvement. That is what motivates me."

In the age of AI, Shin's thoughtful approach extends beyond the Go board.
It perhaps shows us a way of coexisting with a technology that seemed to arrive overnight and is reshaping the world around us.
Park Chae-ryeong, Arirang News.

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2026-09-01, 20:00 (KST)