A Critical Assessment of Artificial Intelligence in Law

Authors: Ayesha Khan, Student of SVKM’s NMIMS’ Kirit P. Mehta School of Law

Best Citation – Ayesha Khan, A Critical Assessment of Artificial Intelligence in Law, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 59-63, ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

The widespread coverage of Artificial Intelligence, its history, development and future prospects has made people more familiar with the concept of AI and its usage. However, the amalgamation of AI and law is an area which has just begun to be studied and examined by academicians and scholars primarily. The delay in the study of this area is primarily due to the ‘human-centric’ nature of law. This research provides a preliminary understanding of AI’s integration into legal and judicial systems, and its assistive and replacive capabilities in law. AI models have several predictive capabilities which function by processing large amounts of information which form, predictive models for legal assistance. For example, detecting the chances of a convict reoffending, providing low-cost legal remedies, eliminating biases etc. Recent developments have also seen the emergence of Robot lawyers, which function through AI chatbots and provide speedy and cost-effective legal aid. This research further looks at the complications and obstacles in AI systems, which have proved to be significant drawbacks in implementing and utilizing them to achieve justice.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Law, Robot Lawyers, Predictive systems, Biases