The Miilk 'Debate AI' launched... Human-centered Agentic AI media

Silicon Valley-based tech media The Miilk officially launched a new AI-based service, 'Debate AI Agent', on the 24th to celebrate its 5th anniversary. All readers of The Miilk can use it.

The Millk's 'Debate AI Agent' is designed to effortlessly express constructive opinions on articles with the help of AI, fostering healthy discussions among readers. The biggest feature is that AI understands the context of the article body and the content of the article left by other readers, and generates drafts that stimulate thoughts, making it easy to leave opinions.

The Debate AI agent is the first step to overcome the existing comment culture and develop The Miilk into a 'Intelligence community' where in-depth information and insights come and go, and the first result that embodies The Miilk's vision of moving towards a human-centered 'Agentic AI Media'.

Using the 'Debate AI Agent' is intuitive and straightforward. When you press the 'Debate AI Agent' button at the bottom of the article on The Miilk's website, you will be presented with a draft of AI-generated opinions from three perspectives: 'empathy', 'criticism', and 'expansion'. Users can choose one of these to freely add or modify their thoughts and leave comments easily.  

Of course, if you want to write your own article without AI intervention, you can register your opinion through the 'Write Directly' button as before.

This method goes beyond the framework of simple agreement (like) or disagreement (dislike) and presents a new framework for discussion inspired by the universal game of balance, 'rock-paper-scissors'.

Sympathetic opinions are shaped like fists, critical opinions are scissors, and expansive ideas and alternative proposals of thinking are shaped like papers. It is to encourage readers who read the article to express their opinions through structural thinking, not just emotions.   

This design goes beyond a simple change in the user interface (UI) and is an attempt to transform the essence of online discussions from 'a confrontation that separates victory or defeat' to a 'conversation that builds knowledge together'.

Through 'expanding' opinions, a dynamic relationship is formed that can develop into a new level of discussion. It aims to create a virtuous cycle structure where people learn from each other's perspectives and gain deeper insights beyond confrontation.

The fact that you can easily leave opinions like a fun 'rock-paper-scissors' game, and that AI creates drafts, helps readers feel free to participate in discussions.

It is designed to remove the obstacles that prevent you from sharing your thoughts, and to help readers gain greater value at the level of the knowledge community. In this system, AI 'nudges' questions that arise after reading an article and acts as a moderator for the discussion that follows.

The Miilk emphasized that the launch of the 'Debate AI Agent' is not just a functional improvement, but a significant milestone that indicates the company's future direction. The first concrete result to realize the new vision of 'agent AI media' pursued by The Milk is the discussion AI agent.  

It is a next-generation media model that does not use AI as a tool to replace humans, but rather as an insight partner that expands human intellectual capabilities and deepens interaction with readers.

Son Jae-Kwon, CEO of The Miilk, said, "With the launch of agents such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity in fierce competition in the market, we decided that we needed a people-centered and trusted media platform that helps readers become smarter, think more deeply, and make smarter decisions."

He continued, "The Miilk's debate AI experience reminds me of the next 'question'. In the age of AI, the quality of questions determines the outcome of knowledge, so this is a very important experience," he said, emphasizing that "it helps readers grow into 'active thinkers' rather than just information consumers."  

The Miilk meets CEOs directly at the Silicon Valley site, attends conferences, and reads the context through off-the-record conversations. The Miilk's goal is to provide 'human-made trust' created by running with its feet as a value, and at the same time, actively utilize AI technology to become a next-generation alternative media.

CEO Son Jae-kwon said, "The Miilk wants to create a trust-oriented AI media that expands human thinking," and "We will create an intelligent infrastructure that operates with trust centered on humans, not AI."