"CEO, Where Do You Use AI?"... Gwangju University Hosts Special Lecture with a Current CEO

SY Company CEO Seol Yeongeun: "You Must Verify the Final Output Yourself"

Gwangju University is strengthening students' practical skills in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and their employment prospects in step with the digital transformation sweeping industrial workplaces.

Gwangju University's Department of Business Administration and Business Consulting Service Center said on November 4 that they had held a special lecture to strengthen practical skills at Hosim Hall on campus on November 3, inviting Seol Yeongeun, CEO of SY Company Co., Ltd. The lecture was titled "Where Do You Use AI, CEO?"

Gwangju University’s Department of Business Administration and Business Consulting Service Center held a special lecture on practical skills at Hosim Hall on campus on the 3rd, inviting Seol Yeongeun, CEO of SY Company Co., Ltd. The lecture was titled “CEO, Where Do You Use AI?” Photo provided by Gwangju University.

About 30 students from the Department of Business Administration attended the lecture, which was designed to help them understand how the spread of generative AI is changing corporate work environments and develop the AI application skills and job competencies that companies actually need.

CEO Seol introduced various examples of AI-based workplace innovation that she handles directly in business settings. She gave a detailed account of how AI is boosting work productivity across a range of roles, including market research and data analysis, preparing business proposals and documents, design and promotion, and system development and operations.

She also presented four key practical examples tailored to the needs of new employees. Sharing real-world work processes, including comparing and analyzing business materials, preparing business proposals based on technical memos, summarizing meeting minutes and sharing information internally, and fact-checking AI-generated content, CEO Seol drew a strong response from students.

"AI should be actively adopted in the workplace, but its output should never be trusted blindly," CEO Seol stressed. "People who truly know how to use AI are not simply those who ask questions and get answers, but those who can critically assess the accuracy and validity of the results themselves."

She also shared workplace communication and collaboration practices, which are just as essential as AI skills. "A university assignment ends when you submit it, but in a company, the work I finish becomes a colleague's next task," she said, advising students to master the basics of working in an organization, such as meeting deadlines, sharing progress updates, and providing prompt feedback. She also encouraged students to use AI in their university assignments and projects and document how they verify data, building the results into employment portfolios.

Park Gyeongjong, head of the Business Consulting Service Center, said, "The introduction of generative AI is fundamentally changing the types of talent companies seek and their workplace cultures. We will continue to expand tailored educational programs in close collaboration with industry practitioners to strengthen students' competitiveness in securing jobs and applying their skills in real-world settings."

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