What is an
Abogamer?

'Abogamer' is a pun in Spanish, a portmanteau

of 'abogada' (lawyer) and 'gamer'.

What began as a joke to explain my parents what I do, became my identity and mission: exploring the intersection of law, video games, and emerging tech ethics.

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What I do:

I like to define myself as having the mind of a scholar, the skillset of a lawyer, and the heart of an activist.

Most people know me as the Abogamer, a video game lawyer and activist specializing in AI ethics, XR policy, and the intersection of artificial intelligence, creativity, culture, and copyright law.

Jokingly, I call myself the Cassandra of tech ethics, blessed with foresight, doomed not to be listened to on time :D

My research has been always ahead of the curve, predicting the AI revolution while it was considered yet sci-fi; then the battles of generative AI and copyright, and for the past years, talking about the upcoming deployment of neuroware interfaces to connect to digital experiences.

In 2022, I became a TED Fellow, and my TED talk on the ethics of the metaverse has been viewed over 1.5 million times worldwide!

I’ve been an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, served on the World Economic Forum’s Metaverse Council, and contributed to Chatham House’s Responsible AI Taskforce.

Currently, I’m an affiliate at MetaLAB (Harvard, Berlin, Basel), a Salzburg Global Fellow, and a Datasphere Initiative Fellow.

My work at the intersection of arts and technology has been featured at Ars Electronica, Sonar Festival, and beyond. I’m also a 2024 and 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize Advisor, and author of books on AI and creativity.

Featured talks

I have presented over a hundred lectures, keynotes and talks, online and in major stages around the world, in over 28 countries, at confereces like TED, GDC, Gamescom, Ars Electronica, Sonar Festival, RightsCon, and more.

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Topics

Video Game Law, Immersive futures governance.

AI & Creativity – Copyright, authorship, AI art.

Neurotech & AI – Cognitive surveillance, agency.

AI Ethics – Bias, privacy, fairness, Human Rights.

IP in Digital Age – Fair use, ownership & culture.

Tech Policy & Law – Power, democracy, capitalism.

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Books

ARTEficial: Creatividad, Inteligencia Artificial y Derecho de Autor (2022)

"ARTEficial" unpacks the ethical and legal dilemmas of AI-generated creativity, who owns AI-made art, whether machines can be considered authors, and how this technology is reshaping the future of culture and intellectual property.

ARTEficial: Creatividad, Inteligencia Artificial y Derecho de Autor (digital)

"ARTEficial" unpacks the ethical and legal dilemmas of AI-generated creativity, who owns AI-made art, whether machines can be considered authors, and how this technology is reshaping the future of culture and intellectual property.

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Braindancing in the Metaverse: a capitalism of cognitive surveillance (2025)

Far from gone, the metaverse is an immersive digital reality that blends with, and overlays on top of physical reality. Drawing on the cyberpunk metaphor of "braindance," this book examines how neural interfaces, or neuralware, could become the dominant method for accessing and experiencing the digital world. When thoughts become data, they become currency, which is poised to drive a new form of cognitive surveillance.