This example feels more like a bug in the law itself that should be corrected. If this behavior is acceptable then it should be legal so we can avoid everyone the hassle in the first place. I bet AI would be great at finding and fixing these bugs.

I think "judge AI" would be better if it also had access to a complete legislative record of debate surrounding the establishment of said laws, so that it could perform a "sanity check" whether its determinations are also consistent with the stated intent of lawmakers.

One might imagine a distant future where laws could be dramatically simplified into plain-spoken declarations, to be interpreted by a very advanced (and ideally true open source) future LLM. So instead of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251–2260 the law could be as straightforward as:

A child must never be used, displayed, or represented as an object of sexual gratification. Responsibility extends to those who assist, enable, profit from, or intentionally access such material. The aim of this prohibition is to protect children from sexual exploitation and to eliminate any market or incentive for it.

> If this behavior is acceptable then it should be legal so we can avoid everyone the hassle in the first place.

Codifying what is morally acceptable into definitive rules has been something humanity has struggled with for likely much longer than written memory. Also while you're out there "fixing bugs" - millions of them and one-by-one - people are affected by them.

> I bet AI would be great at finding and fixing these bugs.

Ae we really going to outsource morality to an unfeeling machine that is trained to behave like an exclusive club of people want it to?

If that was one's goal, that's one way to stealthily nudge and undermine a democracy I suppose.

There are no “bugs” in human institutions like law. There are always going to be edge cases and nuances that require a human to evaluate.

It's not a bug, it's something politicians don't want to touch because nobody wants to be the person that is soft on anything to do with minors and sex. Of course our laws are completely illogical - the fact that you could be put in prison and a sex offender registry for life for having a single photo of a naked 17 year old (how in the hell were you supposed to know?) on your device is ridiculous.

But, again, who is going to decide to put forward a bill to change that? It's all risk and no reward for the politician.

Fair, but still, the legislative process takes alot of time, and judicial norms and precedent allow for discretion to be exercised with accountability, which also informs the legislative process.

AI would be great IF they know what to find

The state of current AI does not give them ability to know that, so the consideration is likely to be dropped

Start fixing those bugs, you will open up can after can of worms.

Finding the bugs- will be entertaining.

now you are talking about replacing not judges, but your elected representatives.