Mixing AI, one of the most cutting edge technologies, with law, a fundamental part of society, is a truly incredible step forward. Of course, if you want to realize just how complex the field is, take a look at some of the relevant ICAIL paper titles: “A Structure-guided Approach to Capturing Bayesian Reasoning about Legal Evidence in Argumentation,” “An Integrated Theory of Causal Stories and Evidential Arguments,” or my favorite, “Tax Non-Compliance Detection Using Co-Evolution of Tax Evasion Risk and Audit Likelihood.”

For once, AI gets to be spoken about in some of the most appropriate terms. Rather than discussing hardware or computers, the topic is logic and arguments. No current discussion on AI in law would be complete without mention of IBM’s ROSS, which helps lawyers “get back to being lawyers.” Ross is like Siri. A lawyer can ask a realistic question like “can a bankrupt company still conduct business?” and Ross gives the answer. ROSS may be one of the first big-name AI solutions in law, but it won’t be the last. Once complex laws can be broken down in machine-readable text, AI will be doing much more than playing Siri. It will be passing judgment… That sounds a bit scarier than expected.

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