Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer...
by pirate787 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:44AM
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This is by design. Governmental systems are "captured" by special interests and made intentionally obtuse and complex as a barrier to entry. Lawyers and judges are a guild that works to make the law complex and extract rents from the productive economy. Over 1/3 of the U.S. Congress are attorneys as well.
Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer...
by kristiandupont on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:50AM
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I honestly don't think there is such a malicious intent behind it. Perhaps in some small instances.
Generally, the fact of the matter is simply that law is highly complex and the way it evolves is almost always by creating new laws, not getting rid of old ones. That's unfortunate obviously, but just like you don't just rewrite the Linux kernel, you can't just reset the legal foundation.
Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer...
by rcme on Thursday January 26, 2023 @06:20AM
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Some, and maybe most, of the complexity is organic. But there are specific instances, like the tax code, that have been kept intentionally complex at the bequest of special interest groups.
And of course, laws are made mostly by lawyers. So they don't have much of an incentive to change things.
There are often daily situations where both citizens and police don't know really know what the law is.
Reform is proven to be really hard. But that's the tragedy.
For instance taxes shouldn't really be more complicated then filling in a simple automated form. Also for businesses. And it should really be the burden of the government taxing that it's all clear. But it's not and it's a mess and the burden is put on the people.