Can AI do justice?

Artificial intelligence has arrived in court as judges use computer systems to help them decide complex cases. This raises the question: might AI one day decide without human oversight?

AI decision-making could streamline trials, by reducing costs and caseloads across the legal system. But can machine decisions ever be just? Is strict adherence to rules enough, or do deciders need empathy?

My research explores the challenge AI poses to conventional notions of law and justice.

Katharina Isabel Schmidt
leads the Institute’s Artificial Justice research group. Her research
revolves around law’s place among human knowledge practices.
More on Katharina Isabel Schmidt and her research
can be found here.