An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyers shut it down

Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by eloisant on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:46AM (#34529678)

I see that as a tool, I'm not sure why it's presented as "AI being the lawyer".

You're allowed to represent yourself in court, most of the time (and for parking ticket I'm pretty sure) you have no obligation to have a lawyer. Now if you want to pay for a tool that helps you represent yourself better, why not?

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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by zwischenzug on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:58AM (#34529772)

I had the same thought, but I guess if you're paying someone for legal counsel then they need to be held responsible for the service they are giving, however they give it. That's qualitatively different from buying a legal textbook and advising yourself from it, since you are the one deriving counsel to yourself from generally available information.

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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by notahacker on Thursday January 26, 2023 @06:03AM (#34530225)

> I see that as a tool, I'm not sure why it's presented as "AI being the lawyer".

The hero element for the product's home page describes it as "The World's First Robot Lawyer". Twice.

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