Imagine this: You’re in a courtroom accused of breaking the law. Your future rests on your legal defense. But you didn’t hire an attorney who spent years in school studying the law and many more practicing it. You’re trusting a robot to win your case.
That could be the future, according to Joshua Browder, the CEO of DoNotPay, a startup that calls itself the world’s first robot lawyer.
“It’s pay to play in the current legal system. If you know the right lawyer, pay enough money, you can pay them to grease the wheels,” Browder said. “That’s not how society should work. It should be based on the facts and the law. And I think that if AI is introduced more into the legal system, especially to defend people, it can become more objective.”
[I’d put that somewhere between representing yourself in court and asking the prosecution to represent you at the same time. But apparently, 300 people facing speeding tickets have agreed to let Browder’s AI defend them … perhaps because Browder promises to pay the fines if they lose. That’s a fair trade for a field test. — Ed]
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