Now that ChatGPT has gained a reputation, since the birth of AlphaGO, whether AI can replace humans has been widely discussed. At the time, lawyers were at the top of the list when it came to envisioning all the industries most likely to be replaced by AI. Maybe everyone thought it wouldn't be so soon, but this day may really come.
Next month, "AI lawyers" will appear in court for the first time to assist defendants in a lawsuit to revoke traffic tickets. The AI lawyer "works" for a company called DoNotPay, which claims to be "the world's first AI lawyer" and specializes in AI litigation products.
AI lawyers, born in response to demand
The 26-year-old CEO Josh Browder also had an idea to create an AI lawyer when he was troubled by the law. In 2015, Josh Browder had just obtained his driver's license and was ready to show off his car skills. But he found that many sections of the road had contradictory stop signs. If you park indiscriminately, the price is a high fine.
So, he began to study the laws and regulations, trying to find a way to crack them. He found that fines could be easily revoked with a few simple forms if it could be shown that it was due to confusion in labeling. But most people don't know, let alone hire a lawyer because of a ticket. After months of hard work, the world's first AI law firm was born.
As an "AI lawyer," DoNotPay is a downloadable mobile app that uses artificial intelligence to provide legal services for a subscription fee of $36 every three months. It is currently available in the UK and USA. Users only need to download the APP, talk to the robot lawyer, and the AI lawyer will fill out the form according to the information and send it to the city government to apply for the cancellation of the ticket.
The training period is 7 years, and you will officially start working
DoNotPay's AI app now covers a wider range of topics, including immigration law. The company claims it has intervened in about 3 million cases in the U.S. and the U.K., helping to drop $80 million worth of fines. The company also wants it to evolve from a law student to a top lawyer. Finally, after years of training, it's time for it to make its official debut.
They plan to take on two speeding ticket cases in court next month, and AI "lawyers" will listen to court arguments in real time through DoNotPay's app, telling defendants what to say through headphones. In other words, the defendant is only responsible for repeating what the AI says in the headset to defend himself. And as long as there is a lawyer willing to pronounce the words of AI, when the AI stand-in appears in court, DoNotPay will pay any lawyer or individual a $1 million thank you fee!
While DoNotPay's ultimate goal in launching AI legal assistants is to make it free and easier for people to seek legal representation. However, considering the current legal obstacles, coupled with the opposition of many lawyers and bar associations, the App has no further commercialization plans for the time being, and it is still in the experimental stage.
No doubt Sophia could have guessed that this move would inevitably cause displeasure among the lawyers, after all, it oversimplified their work and even replaced them. However, Josh is quite clear about the positioning of his product: to provide only the most basic legal services. They don't touch complex cases like criminal defense or divorce.
Josh Browder said that DoNotPay was created to make legal services no longer a "luxury", and everyone can protect their rights and interests through AI. At the same time, it is also hoped that it can replace the work of some lawyers, such as some legal aid cases, and if AI can help those groups that are difficult to defend their rights, it will be a great feat to promote social justice.
In next month's courtroom's "human-machine war", Sophia is also looking forward to how AI lawyers will behave in the face of human language offensive.