In age of AI, Seoul highlights value of human handiwork

“The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it spotlighted the workshop of Kim In-ho, a printing industry master craftsman designated as a Seoul Master Technician, to underscore the value of skilled manual trades that remain difficult to automate in an era of expanding artificial intelligence (AI). Kim has worked in the printing industry for more than 50 years, beginning his career at a bookbinding company in 1970. He has built expertise in folding carton packaging for pharmaceutical and cosmetics products, and contributed to advances in high-quality packaging technology, including the early adoption of Korean-language hologram printing. He was named a Seoul Master Technician in the printing category last year. "Skill is not built quickly," Kim said. "It accumulates through years of experience on the floor. Mastery is the product of persisting through that process." Kim's son, who was pursuing a doctoral degree in engineering in the United States, returned to Korea in 2011 and entered the printing trade. After roughly a decade on the floor, he now oversees the full production process

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