Proposal in one sentence
Law students build a simple proof-of-concept interactive Q&A app using information from their entirely-student-run Around The Blockchain cryptolaw newsletter.
Description of the project and what problem it is solving
Problem
Cryptolaw – namely Global DAO law – is a fast-moving, legally complex and uncertain environment.
It’s unlikely a team of experts can stay sufficiently noted up while also simplifying and transcribing all the relevant 3rd-hand information enough for public legal education.
There remains a need for fourth-hand, fifth-hand or higher interactive Q&A synthesization of Global DAO legal news and public legal education.
Project Summary
A proof-of-concept interactive AI app:
(i) export and store FeedlyAI-then-human-curated data from the ATBC website (compare Weekly roundups by AI Pub on Twitter) for easy use by an assistant;
(ii) build a simple AI app that interactively answers user questions using information from ATBC.
To start, we’ll use prompt engineering frameworks (i.e. no fine tuning yet).
Grant Deliverables
PoC interactive Q&A app by training the app on ATBC preprocessed Global DAO legal news & information.
Team/Roles
LexClinic liaison: Kyle Smith (LexClinic Ops lead); https://twitter.com/bestape
House lead: DClark law (LexClinic Ops; House Dclarklaw head); https://twitter.com/dclarklaw
Student: Tamara Szulc (Law Student, Around the Blockchain); https://twitter.com/TamaraSzulc
Student: Christopher Foreman (Law Student, Around the Blockchain); https://twitter.com/CryptlessInSEA
Students: Surya and Noah
Around the Blockchain is a growing newsletter, written and published entirely by law students on the intersection of law and web3. After 8 months of operation, the letter has grown to 400 subscriptions, 7000+ readers, and over 700 pages and 100k words written.
Law Of Code is a highly respected web3 legal podcast. The PoC we build here will soon be used to create content for the podcast’s upcoming DAO Monthly with Jacob & Kyle.The Law of Code podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-of-code/id1578287932, has ~60,000 downloads, ranging from 1900-600 downloads per episode, and covers a variety of topics including DAO legal risks and considerations https://lawofcode.substack.com/p/daos-and-legal-risks.
LexDAO is a longstanding member of web3 legal communities. We’ve pioneered important codeslaw public goods such as trustless UNA “TUNA” onchain legal entities as NFTs as well as code deference operating agreements in general. LexDAO is already exploring the AI lawtech space. Please visit our early-stage effort at https://wrappr.wtf/lexy and check out our https://keep.kali.gg “robot lawyer” description. We’re looking forward to having our initial collaboration with Algovera be a student-run AI PoC project. To support our public good efforts, please donate to http://lexdaogrant.us or buy a codeslaw hat at https://shop.metafactory.ai/products/codeslaw-hat .
Living Document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FIN_ftkFV-F9VY_obclWFp0Xo-JDNo6pRDF-Uwcgzjk