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AI in the legal system—feasible in the UK?

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Published on: 08 May 2019

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TMT analysis: With Estonia looking to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) system to adjudicate on some of the country’s small claims disputes, various ethical and practical questions arise from the creation of so-called ‘AI judges’. Dr Christopher Markou, Leverhulme early career fellow & affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge—specialising in AI and legal evolution—discusses the possible future ramifications of AI becoming widespread within legal systems. He argues that AI cannot imitate the subtleties of human argumentation, and that the widespread use of AI in legal systems could lead to a radical simplification of law to the detriment of justice.

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