A robot lawyer can "fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the press of a button," according to the company developing the technology.
For most individuals, hiring lawyers to represent them in court has always been an expensive investment. But what if there were an AI-powered robot lawyer who could represent anyone?
It sounds strange, but it is going to happen in real life in the United States next month.A defendant will receive advice from an artificial intelligence (AI) created by DoNotPay throughout the duration of a court case in February, which is likely to be the first time an AI has ever represented a party in court.
According to New Scientist, the AI will run on a smartphone, listening in on court proceedings before instructing the defendant on what to say via an earpiece.
However, DoNotPay, the company that developed the AI, is remaining silent about the court's location and the defendant's name.
A computer scientist from Stanford University named Joshua Browder founded DoNotPay in California in 2015. In order to save defendants money, he wants his app to completely replace lawyers.
The company claims that "the DoNotPay app is the home of the world's first robot lawyer. Fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the press of a button."
Joshua Browder, the founder and CEO of the business, claims that training DoNotPay's AI assistant on case law spanning a wide range of issues and ensuring the app stays true to the truth required a lot of effort.
We're trying to minimise our legal liability, and it's not good if it actually twists facts and is too manipulative," he said.
An artificial intelligence bot is all set to defend a human in court for the first time ever. History will be made next month when “the world’s first robot lawyer” helps a defendant fight a traffic ticket in court, the New York Post reported.
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot developed by DoNotPay will run on the defendant’s smartphone. It will listen to court arguments in real time and advise the defendant on what to say via an earpiece.
New Scientist, a science and technology website, reported that the defendant will only say what the AI instructs them to say in court. While the hearing is scheduled for next month, DoNotPay has not disclosed the location or the defendant’s name.
The company has agreed to cover any fines should they lose the case.
DoNotPay founder and CEO, Joshua Browder, said it took a long time to train the AI legal assistant to stick to the truth. “We’re trying to minimize our legal liability,” he told New Scientist. “And it’s not good if it actually twists facts and is too manipulative.”
The AI has been designed and trained to not react to everything it hears in court. Instead, it will analyse the arguments being made before advising the defendant on how to proceed.
History is said to be made in February as an artificial intelligence bot will advise the defendant for the first time in a court hearing.
As per a report, the world’s first robot lawyer will run on the defendant’s smartphone through an app called ‘DoNotPay’ and listen to court arguments in real time, telling the defendant what to say via earpiece.
The hearing is slated to take place sometime next month, but the makers of the robot lawyer are not disclosing the court’s location or the defendant’s name.
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