The Victorian Society for Computers and the Law (VSCL) invites you to a webinar presented by Dr Eliza Mik.
Legal scholarship has been overrun by sensationalistic descriptions of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) extolling ‘smart’ or ‘algorithmic’ contracts. Many have argued that technological progress renders existing legal principles obsolete or, at least, inadequate. But does technological change inevitably lead to legal change? Does new technology always require new principles?
In this presentation, Dr Eliza Mik confronts a number of popular theories surrounding the process of contract formation in the context of cutting-edge technologies. Challenging popular narratives in the public discourse, Dr Mik will address among other things the purported absence of human intention in high-speed automated transacting, and examine the legal implications, if any, of interposing one or two AIs between contracting parties.
Eliza Mik
Eliza Mik teaches Contract Law and Legal Technologies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining academia, she has worked in multiple software companies, tech start-ups and telecommunication providers in Australia, Malaysia, Poland and the United Arab Emirates advising on e-commerce, payment systems, software licensing and technology procurement. Throughout her academic career, Eliza maintained a consistent focus has been on the legal implications of transaction automation, including blockchains and Artificial Intelligence, as well as broader issues surrounding the Digital Economy and the proliferation of ubiquitous computing in retail environments. Adopting a practical, commerce-oriented approach, Eliza has published in prominent journals the areas of contract, e-commerce and cyberlaw. Her current research centers on the legal issues relating to the implementation of smart contracts and on the use of machine learning in law.
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