
2026 Programme
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PAULUS
Owning the Intelligence Behind Creative Work
Thursday 25 June, 12:15–12:45
Overview
Speakers
Description:
For 30 years, creative work lived in the information age . Knowledge could be stored and shared, but it could never truly think for itself. Briefs, references, decisions, and judgment all remained static the moment they left the human mind.
This session explores a fundamental shift: the transition from information to intelligence. We introduce the concept of ‘Creator-Owned Intelligence’. Creators retain ownership of their accumulated experience, taste, and decision-making logic, encoded as personal AI that continues to learn and evolve alongside them.
Through real use cases from creative agencies, we'll demonstrate how this paradigm changes the relationship between human creativity and AI. It is not a replacement or a mere tool, but as an extension of the creator's own intelligence.
Questions this session will answer:
- Will AI replace creativity or multiply it?
- Can creatives own the AI trained on their work?
- How can creatives build irreplaceable expertise in the age of AI?
Content Stream
Innovation Unwrapped
Your guide to the pioneers, technologies and transformations already shaping tomorrow.
Hong-tack Kim
PAULUS
Chief Creative Officer
Saffaan Qadir
PAULUS
Creative Director
Woori Nam
Studio K110
CEO & Chief Creative Officer
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