How might artificial intelligence change the courtro
as we know it. That's a question that is capturing th
attention of the legal world. Sri News's Megan Sulliva
set out to learn more about how an A I attorney could
actually work and the challenges it now faces.
Affording an attorney is a struggle for many Americans.
Some think artificial intellige may be able to
change that. But can a robot really defend your legal
rights Artificial intelligence getting scary good at
making artwork. Artificial intelligence is helping to
detect and treat the disease. Its new iphone with
facial recognition. As artificial intelligence
continues to transform our everyday lives, there's a
new race underway to harness th power of A I in the
courtroom. At the cutting edge of that movement is
Joshua Browder, the CEO of a startup called Do Not Pay.
He says he's on a mission to create the world's first A
I powered attorney. The legal industry is David versus
Goliath. So we want to be David. Unfortunately, it'
pay to play. So the people with the most money
typically win in court cases, but software can level
the playing field. Do not pay a product that catches
illegal spam callers and gets them to pay you at a
fraction of the cost of a human lawyer. Browder says he
is able to use his software to help everyday Ameri
battle legal issues such as traffic tickets and
evictions. So far, he says his company has helped in
more than 1.5 million cases and saved his clients
millions of dollars. So we're going to sue a company at
the price of a to show us how his technology work
Browder entered a hypothetical on his do not pay
website of a client who is looking for an attorney to
help them get reimbursed for L. So the robot wants to
gather as much evidence to make your case as strong as
possible. So it asks things like dates or photograph
we wait about 30 seconds and then it generates a legal
demand letter. So just like that, it mentions all of
the laws of the local state. The system then
automatically sends the letter to the airline for now,
do not pay, can generate legal letters, lawsuit
other routine court documents. But Browder says this is
just the beginning for the year Browder had been
planning to take the technology one step further usi
A I to represent a client in the courtroom for the
first time in history, they're going to put on air pods
and the A I will be whispering in their air, it wil
listen to the court hearing process what's going on and
then tell whisper very quickly back what to say. But
his plan sparked backlash from lawyers across the
country including this class action complaint in San
Francisco that argued do not pay is not actually a
robot, a lawyer nor a law firm do not pay does not have
a law degree is not barred in any jurisdiction and
not supervised by any lawyer. And because of that, the
complaint contends it's illegal to use in a courtroom.
Browder says that opposition has forced him to postpone
his plans for now. I think lawyers are very scared. A I
will replace a lot of lawyers and we're on the side of
the people, not the side of the lawyers and the people
need legal help for free or very cheaply. Georgetow
Law School professor Nina Rothstein told us access to
legal help is a problem faced by millions of Americans
nationwide. 92% of people living in the United States
either get no legal help or inadequate legal help with
their legal problems. It's an incredible crisis,
researches ways technology can be used to change that.
She told us A I can help solve the crisis but says
should never be allowed to completely replace a lawyer.
Technology is helpful, but I think we need lawyers to
be the subject matter experts to make sure that
whatever the system is producing reflects what the law
is. Wouldn't having an A I lawyer be better than not
having a lawyer at all. Absolutely. With the cavea
which is that we do need quality control. I think w
have to test it. We have to try it. We have to see what
kind of errors it makes. So who would be held
accountable if an A I made a mistake that could quali
as malpractice Well, so that's, that's the big question
That's where we have to think about how do we regulate
it. So if it makes mistakes, you stop it from
continuing and people can, can get their money back or
can, you know, get some form of redress without any
oversight. Ross worries that A I legal companies could
be driven by profit, not the interests of clients do
not pay his own terms of service. State, any
communications between you and not pay may not be
protected under the attorney client privilege doctr
and that it can share users data with third party
companies. Ross says that practice could be especially
harmful to legal clients who are already vulnerable and
could be targeted by predatory companies. You don't
want their data to be used for other purposes. You
don't want the data to be exploited. Josh Browder told
us his focus for now is on improving A I S capacity so
it can be a more reliable resource for people wh
legal help. The biggest challen we've had is the A I
makes things up. So we've had to tell the A I stick to
the facts. A I is really good at doing lots of things,
but you have to train it even with those challenges.
Studies say that in the next decade, thousands of legal
roles will be fully automated. As AI power technolo
reshapes the legal world. Megan, Sullivan Scrips News,
Washington.