What are the opinions of those here on using AI for court rulings?

To me, it seems truly frightening that a Silicon Valley company could be placed in such a direct position of trust and influence over the legal system. There are examples of AI acting in its own self-interest over the wants of its masters, so I do wonder how it would handle cases against its respective company, or things which would directly impact it. Outside of that, I still worry about its impartiality and its overall correctness.

It makes me feel very uneasy.

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inigyou 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's no need for additional worry. Big capital already controls most of the justice system.

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bestouff an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

AI has no self-interest, because it has no self. You are mistaken.

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amelius an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And the people running the AI companies have no ego.

Right.

	▲	bestouff an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed these people have an immense ego that I would qualify as abject. But not their AI. It's not sentient yet.

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sfn42 17 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly. It's not planning and plotting it's just randomly "making decisions" that don't necessarily align with its given goal. It's not nefarious it's just not actual intelligence. It's an illusion that's good enough to be useful, but sadly it's also good enough that people put too much trust in it.

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dist-epoch an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I do wonder how it would handle cases against its respective company

Imagine thinking that you can sue a strategically important to the US gov trillion dollar company and win.

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markdown 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> To me, it seems truly frightening that a Silicon Valley company could be placed in such a direct position of trust and influence over the legal system.

I wouldn't call it a Silicon Valley company. LexisNexis is in headquartered in New York.