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Some of it may just be apathy about how well some of the human counterparts do anyway. Public defenders, for example, often just accept the first plea deal off
by tyingq 4y ago
Some of it may just be apathy about how well some of the human counterparts do anyway. Public defenders, for example, often just accept the first plea deal offered by a DA. Not that there aren't great public defenders, but there is some non-trivial number where the core negotiation could be replaced with a rules engine...never mind AI.
- williamcotton 4y agoPublic defenders are underpaid and overworked and could benefit from such tools in order to serve more clients. My wife has a legal background and has thoroughly convinced me that these tools are not going to be allowed in a court room any time soon and not explicitly because it is “AI” but for many other procedural reasons. Of course a public defender could still use such tools for the near endless paperwork produced outside of the court room required of their profession!
- tyingq 4y agoAgree...I probably should have pointed out my cynicism isn't about public defenders as people. Rather, what they are reduced to delivering within the confines of a very flawed system. I assume the great ones might have advantages that help them be that way, other sources of income, etc.