Ask HN: Do you think lawyer AI's will be a thing in the future?

1 points by kiraken 4 years ago | 2 comments

I think that a lawyer AI is not something far off from reality and we can expect them to become a thing in the future, what do you think?

antasvara 4 years ago |

Would there be legal issues with that? An AI can't be sued as far as I can tell, and I don't know how we'd legally manage the requirement that a lawyer pass the bar.

Jury trust will also be a huge issue, as I think a lot of people will have trouble believing an AI lawyer.

AI could absolutely automate some parts of the job, however. Streamlining research and writing drafts of legal briefs seems very feasible (or already possible in some cases).

kiraken 4 years ago | |

The bar is passed to make sure that the student knows his stuff and laws, I don't think that applies to an AI that has every legal book in its database. But I do agree that jurys would be a big problem that can be solved by using it in small claims court where there's no jury, and as far as not being able to sue it, you can sue the company that created it!