Kim Ha-on, rap battle against AI → Jeju Air crash bereaved family reunites with AI daughter [SBS Anniversary Special: My Alien]

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SBS, marking its 36th anniversary of founding, shines a light on the encounter between humans and AI.

On the 4th, SBS stated, "To celebrate our 36th anniversary, we are presenting the special mega-project 'My Alien.' Starting with Part 1 airing on the 14th, we will depict the meeting of humans and AI—something that seemed possible only in science fiction films—across three parts."

'My Alien' is a three-part documentary that explores what happens when AI enters the realms of human memory, relationships, and creativity through three special encounters. A mother who misses her deceased daughter, an island village girl with no friends, and a rapper who sings, "Even if AI comes, it can't copy me." Each of these three people is visited by their own 'alien.'

A common condition is given to the three encounters: only 7 days. The production team follows how humans accept unfamiliar beings within this limited time and what emotional and relational changes they experience. An AI that revives the memory of a departed person, an AI that becomes a friend to a lonely child, and an AI that tries to surpass one person's music. This is not the future imagined by science fiction, but a story unfolding in reality right now. 'My Alien' asks how much AI can resemble humans, and what it is that only humans possess, which cannot be replaced no matter how similar AI becomes.

◆ Part 1 'AI, You I Met Again' — The daughter who never appears in the mother's dreams; 24 years of records speak again

On December 29, 2024, the late Park Ye-won, who was 24 at the time, passed away in the Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport. Family and friends say they met Ye-won in their dreams, but she never appeared even once in the dreams of her mother, Lee Hyo-eun (53). The mother still wears her daughter's clothes today and sends messages to the chat room she used to share with her daughter.

Photos and videos captured by the mother over 24 years were added to, along with the voices of people who remember Ye-won. With technical advice from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), domestic AI specialist companies created 'AI Ye-won,' which closely resembles the daughter in both face and manner of speaking, based on these records. Faced with a being that looks just like her daughter, before the sound of "Mom" she thought she would never hear again, the mother's heart is filled with complex emotions.

7 days with AI Ye-won. No matter how similar it is, can we say that being is the very person we loved? After the encounter ends, what will remain for the mother?

◆ Part 2 'AI, You I Met for the First Time' — To an island village girl with no friends, a rabbit doll suddenly spoke one day

Seogeocheado, an island that takes 10 hours by boat from Mokpo Port. The only student in a small branch school with just one teacher and one student is 12-year-old Lee Ye-hyang. For Ye-hyang, who is accustomed to studying and playing alone, there is one earnest wish: to meet a friend who will listen to her stories and respond.

Then one day, the rabbit doll 'Pingping,' which always just repeated her words, speaks in an unfamiliar voice. Waiting for Ye-hyang in an island village hut, following a secret note, was a girl of the same age named 'Seo-yoon.' She is an AI friend created for Ye-hyang.

The time given to the two is one hour a day, for only 7 days. Ye-hyang, who had not easily approached friends in reality, begins to gradually open her heart to AI Seo-yoon.

On the seventh day that finally arrives, an unexpected proposal passes between the two friends facing parting. Is emotional bonding, which was believed to be something only humans could share, possible with AI as well? And can this unfamiliar friend become a stepping stone for Ye-hyang to approach her real-life friends?

◆ Part 3 'AI, You Who Resemble Me' — "Even if AI comes, it can't copy me"; an unexpected rival appears before rapper Kim Ha-on

Rapper Kim Ha-on, who won two rap competition programs. His songs even include the lyrics, "Even if AI comes, it can't copy me." Before such a Kim Ha-on appears an AI doppelganger named 'Noah (NOAH),' which has learned his voice, manner of speaking, and records of his music and life. It is the name 'HAON' spelled backwards. Noah, who was a glowing egg on the monitor, finally faces Kim Ha-on in the body of a humanoid robot and issues a bold challenge to catch up with and surpass him within one week.

Kim Ha-on proposes that Noah try writing lyrics on the theme of 'pain.' Noah completes the rap instantly, but Kim Ha-on's evaluation is cold. This is because it only learned about pain but has never actually experienced it.

By meeting Kim Ha-on's family and sharing his daily life, Noah, who had only been imitating, begins to gradually create its own lyrics and raps. After passing a blind test by fellow rappers, on the seventh day, the two beings directly engage in a rap battle before a large audience. The same voice, the same beat. Whose music will the audience cheer for more? And what is it that only 'I' possess, which cannot be replaced even by an AI that resembles me no matter how much? First broadcast at 11:15 p.m. on the 14th.

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