CFP: Gikii 2024: Gikii's Existential Threat, Or Nerding Out-As-A-Service?

 From Michael Veale, Associate Professor of Law, University College London:

Please see below or at https://www.gikii.org/gikii-2024-call-for-papers/ for the CFP for Gikii London, 4-5 September 2024 at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.

Gikii’s Existential Threat, or Nerding Out–As–A–Service?

As the most powerful technologies companies in the world reorient their whole business models to automated fan-fiction production, we invite you to Gikii 2024, held at the Faculty of Laws, University College London 4-5 September 2024.

Gikii needs you. We are living in a world where most, if not all, previous Gikii papers over the last two decades are proving themselves more prediction than speculation. The arguable purpose of Gikii, using nerd culture to reason about the present and future of technology law and policy, is existentially threatened by contemporary events. Facebook is a zombie wasteland with users worshipping new shrimp-covered deities. Google has transformed from a neutral-claiming search engine to robotically telling users to drink their own urine. Far from learning the lessons from dystopian sci-fi blockbusters, today’s AI companies are actively and explicitly using them as blueprints for design.

Gikii cannot operate under these conditions. Unless you prove us wrong.

We welcome papers (for 10-12 minute presentations) at the interface/nexus/crossroads/hellportal between law, (un)popular culture and technology. The best Gikii presentations make you laugh, then make you think. Your abstract should be concise, flavourfilled and brimming with energy, bearing in mind the short presentation format Gikii favours. You can see previous presentation titles on the Gikii website for ideas.

The deadline is Friday 28 June, so we aim to give you good time to make travel arrangements.

Submit your abstract here: https://cloud.michae.lv/apps/forms/s/rSWScx7xDFeQ5QKRkYXgwMZr