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I know this is limited to bankruptcy practice now. But I'd love to see this evolve, and maybe even two AI lawyers fighting in court, or a Judge Judy trained AI Judge.

But humor aside, getting to the next level of an AI lawyer would mean it would need to understand more than case law, taking into consideration facts of the case and evidence. It'd be great to have and apply for underrepresented defendants who can't afford to hire an attorney (and basically everyone on death row). Almost all defendants in capital cases cannot afford their own attorneys.

While sticking the poor with AI lawyers seems morally dubious, anything to get back to majority trials not plea bargains in criminal cases might be worth it.

You're assuming the AI lawyer would be worse than a person.

Is someone assuming that the AI lawyer wouldn't have a heart, would be unpassional and, in the end, all those jokes about lawyers could also apply to the AI lawyer? :)

Actually if you're an indigent and your life is dependent on a court appointed lawyer it might be a huge improvement.

Just like I said over Starcraft and DeepMind, an AI is likely going to be worse than a person if bluffing is a big part of the game. In our system, prosecutors and cops have immunity that basically let's them lie about severity of evidence or true results of prosecutions to force deals. They have the full set of human language and imagination to use to do this.

Machines can't barely translate text between two languages or play Poker with its simpler bluffing. Anyone saying they're going to pull this off should be considered full of it until they have solid proof it's even possible. It would have to be the dumbest prosecutor on Earth and/or simplest case for one of today's AI's to outmaneuver them.

In the short term that is correct. Also remember that since Juries get much information for oral arguments, we will need charismatic lawyer bots or actors.

Something tells me law firms are probably not going to pass along the cost savings of this automation to their clients...

New on the monthly statement from your lawyer - "Billable MIPS"?

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