A US Media Interview About Claude Blue
Most of the questions were about philosophy, not technology. Why choose the painful path? If the people building the future of AI are depressed, is that future okay?
How the interview happened
We never expected a post on Reddit to reach the United States. A journalist from an independent outlet read it, went on to read the entire blog, and asked for an interview. The questions dug into fine details, and it was clear the topic resonated in the US as much as in Korea. Above all, the questions were philosophical rather than technical: why choose the painful path, and if the people building the future of AI are depressed, is that future okay?
Wanting to stand at the front line of trends
The career started on the business side, not engineering. The first company was a messenger-based super app in Asia, influenced by a close friend who had entered the tech industry earlier. The unusual part is the entertainment chapter in between: a love of music led to the K-pop industry. The two worlds look completely different, but the actual work was always strategy and marketing, so the substance stayed the same.
The two opposite-looking industries shared one thing: both sat at the front line of where trends move. K-pop was pushing into the US mainstream at the time, and the earlier tech company was expanding across Asia. Then came 2024 and a move into an AI startup, right as ChatGPT was exploding, because putting AI to work in business felt like the next front line.
Asked whether it was a bet on stability, the answer was this: early in a career, the younger you are, the more risk you should take. Challenge yourself and stand at the front line while you still have room, and it comes back to you someday. That belief has not changed.
A 93-year-old grandfather
Asked when AI first felt genuinely different, the answer was the first time using ChatGPT. Similar services had existed before, but the before-and-after gap was large enough to feel.
The bigger shock, though, was a story about a grandfather. He is 93 and started using ChatGPT actively the moment it appeared, with no tech background at all. His head is full of questions, and age had made it hard to express them in speech, but talking to AI turned out to be much easier: organizing thoughts, getting answers, communicating.
What that moment showed is that what AI changes may not be limited to tech or business. It may be the entire human landscape.
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This post is based on an interview with a US independent journalist who reached out after reading the Claude Blue post on Reddit.
