AI & Law: Human Judges Judging AI Judges
by Dr. Lance B. Eliot
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Key briefing points about this article:
- AI judges potentially will inevitably arise at your local neighborhood courthouse
- They might not be the robo-judges of sci-fi, but will nonetheless provide judging
- To corral what might be an AI overreach there is the idea that human judges will prevail
- All AI legal judgments will need to be reviewed and approved (or not) by a human judge
- This seems sensible but regrettably has some issues to be dealt with
Introduction
Society seems to have a great deal of fascination with the possibility of having robo-judges. This would seemingly consist of AI systems that are empowered to serve in a judicial capacity as a judge.
On the surface, the idea of having AI systems in this quite regal and vital role seems absurd. How dare we use machines to oversee and assess humans that are seeking redress in our courts? Only human judges ought to sit in…
