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TheCriticalAmerican t1_izwjjfh wrote

This is basically for small claims court and routine civil matters. It's basically a clerk inputs the basic facts of the case (i.e. police report and evidence) and machine learning will process the case and output a recommended judgement. It saves the judge time of having to determine all the facts of the case themselves, and its point is to automate routine judicial matters. It doesn't remove the judge or human element, its there as an automation tool

Imagine an AI being feed Judge Judy shows and then being used to predict outcomes of future cases. That's essentially what this is.

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ZeroVDirect t1_izwkqxq wrote

Sounds like they're aiming way higher than just small claims court.

From the article:

"The country's highest court said all courts were required to implement a "competent" AI system in three years"

Emphasis added by me.

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TheCriticalAmerican t1_izwkyvz wrote

Depends. The idea is just generic automation. For different courts, it might recommend relevant laws and legal cases. For smaller cases, it might recommend sentencing outright.

If it's a high level court cases, the AI is going to basically do the background research for you. For low level cases, it might do the sentencing. Again, it's all about automating routine tasks.

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