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Artificial Intelligence in the judiciary: uses and threats

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Summary:Justice institutions have been slower than other government sectors to intensive use of Information Technology-IT. Nevertheless, there is an increasing volume of digital information resulting from IT in legal procedures in most countries. The repositories of such information/data bring up the opportunity to apply AI in justice-related organisations. AI can be used for a wide range of purposes that might help solve chronic problems in justice-related organisations, such as slow justice processes and high operating costs. At the same time, AI use raises important concerns about safeguarding the values of Justice. This article presents and discusses the applications of AI in support of the work of judges and the main threats to justice values posed by their use in courts.
Main Authors:Rocha, Cinara
Other Authors:Carvalho, João Álvaro
Subject:Artificial Intelligence e-Court e-Justice Predictive Justice Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
Year:2022
Country:Portugal
Document type:conference paper
Access type:restricted access
Associated institution:Universidade do Minho
Language:English
Origin:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Summary:Justice institutions have been slower than other government sectors to intensive use of Information Technology-IT. Nevertheless, there is an increasing volume of digital information resulting from IT in legal procedures in most countries. The repositories of such information/data bring up the opportunity to apply AI in justice-related organisations. AI can be used for a wide range of purposes that might help solve chronic problems in justice-related organisations, such as slow justice processes and high operating costs. At the same time, AI use raises important concerns about safeguarding the values of Justice. This article presents and discusses the applications of AI in support of the work of judges and the main threats to justice values posed by their use in courts.