{"id":3711,"date":"2025-07-20T13:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baiforum.jp\/en\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:31:24","slug":"en093","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baiforum.jp\/en\/events\/en093\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
\u201cAI Society Seen through Childhood Studies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25c7<\/strong>BAIRAL<\/strong>\uff08<\/strong>B\u2019AI RA League<\/strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n

BAIRAL is a study group by young research assistants (RA) of the B\u2019AI Global Forum of the Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo. Aiming to achieve gender equality and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI era, this study group examines relationships between digital information technology and society. BAIRAL organizes research meetings every other month with guest speakers in a variety of fields.<\/p>\n

\u25c7Date & Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u30fbDate: Wednesday,\u00a0July 30, 2025,\u00a06:00 \u2013 7:30 pm (JST)<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u30fbVenue: Online via Zoom\uff08No registration required\uff09<\/span>
\n<\/span>https:\/\/u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us\/j\/87869100850?pwd=YrfZkljiRrFOCXybYP2K8a9N5az9RZ.1<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Meeting ID: 878 6910 0850<\/span>
\n<\/span>Passcode: 038483<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u30fbLanguage: Japanese<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Guest Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Xiao ZHOU, Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

This presentation uses cases of AI-generated deepfakes and sexual abuse in virtual environments to illuminate the limits of existing law in the digital age and to argue that research in childhood studies provides critical guidance for addressing these problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, within an ostensibly human-centred framework, children are human beings yet are, in practice, sometimes treated in ways analogous to robots (AI). The paradox is especially evident in legal debates over responsibility: in court settings, children\u2014like AI systems\u2014frequently occupy an indeterminate position as (or as not) responsible actors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Relational approaches in childhood studies respond to this impasse by moving beyond the conventional object\/subject framing of \u201cthe child\u201d and examining how children are composed within shifting networks of relationships. Viewed this way, the concept of \u201cresponsibility\u201d itself becomes open to reconstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accordingly, when future legal regimes governing AI are considered, insights from childhood studies\u2014particularly those grounded in a relational perspective\u2014may offer a promising pathway for extending, supplementing, or rethinking current legal frameworks that have reached their limits in the digital era.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u2019AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u25c7Inquiry<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAO YUNFAN (Research assistant of the B\u2019AI Global Forum)<\/span>
\n<\/span>maoyunfan0254[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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