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PAULUS

Owning the Intelligence Behind Creative Work

Thursday 25 June, 12:15–12:45

Duration: 30 mins
Location: The Forum, Rotonde

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.

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Speaking
  • Hong-tack Kim

    PAULUS

    Chief Creative Officer

  • Saffaan Qadir

    PAULUS

    Creative Director

  • Woori Nam

    Studio K110

    CEO & Chief Creative Officer

Tags

Content streams
  • Innovation Unwrapped
Type of experience
  • Festival Talks
Accessibility
  • Live Captioning in 60 languages