Chinese courts are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their decision-making processes, a development that has raised concerns about the reliability of automated legal decisions.
A court in Hangzhou recently used AI to resolve 10 bank loan disputes in just 30 minutes, while a court in Suzhou used AI to resolve traffic accident disputes.
AI-based systems are also being used to prescribe sentences in criminal cases, while in other cases AI-based solutions are being used to improve legal databases and make them more accessible.
However, ethical concerns remain, with some experts concerned that decisions made by AI may be considered more reliable than those made by humans, and that AI-based predictions may be based on incomplete or biased data.
The trend towards the use of AI in legal matters has raised concerns about the commercialization of judicial decision-making data, and whether tech companies will be able to influence and benefit from this process.
For now, it seems clear that AI still has a long way to go before it can be trusted to make reliable legal decisions.
