Universal Guidelines for AI - Papers

Paper Award Recipients

1st Place: Niharika Gujela and Jens Meijen, The Public Good Obligation: Updating the UGAI for AI’s environmental and informational risks

2nd Place: Cornelia Evers, Answering to the prompt: Implementation of the Universal Guidelines on AI

3rd Place (tied): Brian Zhou and Arik Karim (co-chairs with writing assistance from Gia Mendonca, Natalie Zhang, Karen Shah, Hanming Sun, Aileen Wu), Updating the Universal Guidelines on AI in the World of Generative AI

3rd Place (tied): Heramb Podar, UGAI and the Ignored X-Factor: UGAI’s Blind Spot on AI’s Existential Risks and How We Can Cover It

Additional Finalists: Claudio Mutua, Kenya Should Use UGAI as the Basis for Its AI Policy and Legislation; Abhishek Gupta, Bridging the Action-Intention Gap in the Universal Guidelines on AI

We invite submissions addressing:

Format: Maximum of 2,000 words

Citations: Standard format.

Extended Deadline: September 30, 2023 (revised)

Notification: October 2, 2023

Event: October 5, 2023 Submission Email: ugai@caidp.org

Prizes: 1st Place: ($1,000), 2nd Place: ($500), 3rd Place: ($250)

Relationship of Paper Topic to UGAI (articulation of the Universal Guidelines; significance of the Universal Guidelines; implementation of the Universal Guidelines; or new issues: what do the Universal Guidelines miss? (25%)

Organization and clarity of argument (how clearly and persuasively the main argument was presented) (25%)

Quality of research and authority of citations (considering the depth of research presented and credibility of sources cited) (25%)

Originality (rated on paper's uniqueness and novel contribution to the field) (25%)