These Books Are Made by Humans: Celebrating Human Creativity in an AI Age
Panel Kau Yi Ming, Ng Kah Gay, Quek Hong Shin
Jump into the intersection of human creativity and Artificial Intelligence. While AI continues to evolve as a powerful tool to support the creative process, this session will focus on how the heart and soul of storytelling remains rooted in the human experience. Learn more about the importance of the human heart in creating emotional, evocative narratives, characters, and stories that have, and will resonate with readers throughout the ages.
Kau Yi Ming (Singapore)
Kau Yi Ming is the founder of PicoLibo and Orative Technologies, where he is leveraging on Generative AI to support, rather than replace, human creativity in storytelling. With over 15 years of experience in digital transformation, he has held key roles in major transformation projects, contributing to the development of the MySkillsFuture platform at WDA and leading the rapid scale-up of GrabRentals into one of Singapore’s largest fleets. From government to mobility tech, Yi Ming has built systems that blend data, technology, and human insight. Now, he brings that expertise into publishing, re-imagining how stories are created, shared, and experienced in the AI age.
Ng Kah Gay (Singapore)
As the publisher of Ethos Books, KG focuses on making books and supporting an environment for literature, the arts and culture in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The passionate and experienced team is part of a growing ecology of independent agents producing and circulating fiction, non-fiction and poetry that speak to our times, including critical concerns such as climate action.
Photo credit: Alecia Neo
Quek Hong Shin (Singapore)
Quek Hong Shin is a children’s book author and illustrator. His picture books were twice nominated for the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award and two have won Best Picture Book at the Singapore Book Awards - The Incredible Basket, which he wrote and illustrated, in 2019, and Grandma’s Tiger, written by Alan John and illustrated by Hong Shin, in 2023.
Programme dates and times are subject to change.