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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:12AM (#34533636)
> goal is to push toward a world where poor folks aren’t coerced into not contesting their tickets

Invest in a company doing this properly and not pushing a half-bakes fraud into the world. Supervised learning, mock trials. You’re proposing turning those poor folk into Guinea pigs, gambling with their freedom from afar.

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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by ethanbond on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:28AM (#34533864)
This company has been doing this stuff for years. Yes this is a big step forward but it’s not from zero, as you’re suggesting. What makes you think they haven’t been doing mock trials and tons of supervised learning?

And no, I’m not. I don’t think Defendant Zero (or one, or two, or 100) should be people whose lives would be seriously affected by errors. I’m pretty sure DNP doesn’t either.

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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by freejazz on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:01PM (#34534520)
It's not a licensed attorney.. it can't be disbarred.. it has no legal duties to its clients. What don't you get??
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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:14PM (#34534749)
> What makes you think they haven’t been doing mock trials and tons of supervised learning?

The CEO tweeting they fucked up a default judgement [1]. That not only communicates model failure, but also lack of domain expertise and controls at the organisational level.

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/questauthority/status/16175419211...

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