Welcome to the ‘Slop-verse’. AI and Writing about Law and Technology
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Queensland University of Technology
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Queensland University of Technology Australia
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Griffith University Australia
Abstract
This editorial is written by angry editors. We are angry because Big Tech has made available with large language models (LLMs) something that is killing a form of knowledge that we value. We are angry because rather than opening the academy to diverse voices and perspectives it is causing the exact opposite. We are angry because it highlights how generic academic writing had become to allow LLMs to imitate scholarly work. Ultimately, we are angry because we do not want to hear what the robots have to say, nor the boorish, repetitive, empty ways that they talk. We need the creative, imperfect, paradigm-changing writing by humans about law and technology.
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Author Biographies
Professor Kieran Tranter is the Chair of Law, Technology and Future in the School of Law. Kieran joined the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 2019 and is the founding General Editor of Law, Technology and Humans.
Tracy Creagh is the Journal Manager of the Law, Technology and Humans Journal with primary responsibility for the production, layout and the general ongoing management of the publication.
Dr Karen Crawley is a cultural legal scholar at Griffith University, and works as a copyeditor for the Law, Technology and Humans journal
