> I don't think our society is ready for automated justice at this point. My clients certainly aren't.
They will if the service costs $10/mo instead of the $100s or $1000s per /hour/ you are charging...
They will if the service costs $10/mo instead of the $100s or $1000s per /hour/ you are charging...
Clients are already lapping up automated legal services (wills, contracts, etc.). But I don't think they're willing to accept a judgment from an opaque black box. Indeed, the cost to receive a judgment does tangentially involve some automatable processes, and those costs will come down as our computers get smarter.
To extrapolate a bit: as long as humans are determining legal outcomes, there will be human advocates. There will be human judges for as long as we have a Constitution.