💫AMC Creative Synergy Seminar Series 03 💫

The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) is thrilled to announce the third instalment of the AMC Creative Synergy Seminar Series, aiming to foster dialogue and innovation across disciplines through inspiring talks from renowned experts at the forefront of art and technology.

🗓️ Date & Venue
Apr 8, 2026, 3:00 - 4:00pm @ Room 2408 (Lift 17/18)

🎭 Title
Innovation in the Time of Change: Doing Something Never Done Before

📑 Abstract
Drawing on over four decades at the forefront of computer graphics, visual effects, and digital production, Richard Chuang reflects on innovation during periods of extreme technological change. From pioneering early end-to-end CG pipelines and digital humans at Pacific Data Images and DreamWorks Animation to building remote, real-time, and distributed production systems, Chuang traces how creative workflows have continually adapted at major industry inflection points.
The talk connects these historical shifts to today’s generative AI revolution, positioning AI not as a replacement for creativity, but as the newest transformative tool in a long lineage of technological disruption. Through concrete production examples—from feature films and television to advertising and real-time content—Chuang examines how AI-driven workflows are radically reducing cost and time while introducing new challenges around authorship, signal-to-noise, sustainability, and creative control. Emphasizing practical lessons learned across art, engineering, and business, the session offers a forward-looking framework for artists, technologists, and studios navigating exponential change. The core message is simple but urgent: meaningful innovation requires embracing uncertainty, building collaborative end-to-end systems, and continually pushing oneself to do something never done before.

👤 Speaker Bio
Richard Chuang is a pioneering figure in computer graphics and digital content creation, with over four decades of experience shaping the evolution of animation, visual effects, and immersive media. A co-founder of Pacific Data Images (PDI), later part of DreamWorks Animation, he helped architect foundational production pipelines and tools used across film and television, earning multiple Academy and Emmy awards. Today, as the founder of d1n0, he advises studios, technology companies, and institutions on emerging technologies including real-time production, AR/VR, and AI-driven creative workflows.