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1. troupo · 1791042692 · focus · HN ↗

   For now, courts are smart. Imagine what happens in 5-10 years

   1. nadermx · 1791042754 · focus · HN ↗

      Probably the same thing that's happening now. Some cases will get overturned on appeal.
   2. serf · 1791043951 · focus · HN ↗

      >For now, courts are smart.

      that's a leap i'm unwilling to take.

      1. orwin · 1791044561 · focus · HN ↗

         Smarter than they will be in 20 years when all students will have abdicated reading to LLMs

         1. CamperBob2 · 1791045202 · focus · HN ↗

            Right now, a defendant has the option of trial by jury or trial by judge alone. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before the option of trial by AI comes into play.

            NGL, I'd take that over a jury trial any day of the week, if I were in fact innocent. Ditto for a trial by a biased or incompetent judge.

            1. mindslight · 1791049198 · focus · HN ↗

               Probably more like "arbitration by AI" as a step in "reforming" plea bargains. I think the real questions are 1. whether the AI would have to explain its reasoning, and 2. whether you would get to appeal to a regular court.
            2. Legend2440 · 1791050490 · focus · HN ↗

               Probably never. Jury trials are enshrined in the constitution.

               And people don't trust AI and don't like being judged by an algorithm.

               1. CamperBob2 · 1791058204 · focus · HN ↗

                  In the US, jury trials are a right but not a requirement. You can waive the right.
         2. Legend2440 · 1791050396 · focus · HN ↗

            This isn't going to happen.

            You've been spending too much time arguing about LLMs on the internet, and it's affected your thinking. It's just like boomers in the 70-90s worrying about the TV. But then IQ scores actually rose during those decades.

   3. Insanity · 1791045165 · focus · HN ↗

      “Courts are smart” is a heck of a comment to make on this article lol. Nothing about this seems smart or rational.
   4. Ekaros · 1791049675 · focus · HN ↗

      There will be no courts. Just LLMs on all sides. After all wouldn't they be more capable and neutral? So in 5 years why not replace entire justice system by AI bots. If they can code surely they can do much simpler thing of interpreting law for justice. /s

      1. binary132 · 1791051499 · focus · HN ↗

         There is no way I would have been able to identify this as sarcasm on this board without the sarc mark, so thanks for that, I was getting upset

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