Posted on 05/13/2016 7:28:11 PM PDT by Lorianne
Ross, the world's first artificially intelligent attorney, has its first official law firm. Baker & Hostetler announced that they will be employing Ross for its bankruptcy practice, currently comprised of almost 50 lawyers.
Law firm Baker & Hostetler has announced that they are employing IBM’s AI Ross to handle their bankruptcy practice, which at the moment consists of nearly 50 lawyers. According to CEO and co-founder Andrew Arruda, other firms have also signed licenses with Ross, and they will also be making announcements shortly.
Ross, “the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney” built on IBM’s cognitive computer Watson, was designed to read and understand language, postulate hypotheses when asked questions, research, and then generate responses (along with references and citations) to back up its conclusions. Ross also learns from experience, gaining speed and knowledge the more you interact with it.
“You ask your questions in plain English, as you would a colleague, and ROSS then reads through the entire body of law and returns a cited answer and topical readings from legislation, case law and secondary sources to get you up-to-speed quickly,” the website says. “In addition, ROSS monitors the law around the clock to notify you of new court decisions that can affect your case.”
Ross also minimizes the time it takes by narrowing down results from a thousand to only the most highly relevant answers, and presents the answers in a more casual, understandable language. It also keeps up-to-date with developments in the legal system, specifically those that may affect your cases.
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It’s not just mcD jobs that are getting automated
Ask it if an illegal Kenyan immigrant is eligible —
No thank you. I would take a system if I could not afford a real lawyer, and no one to work pro-bono. Otherwise,I need a human’s reaction to know if I’m being understood, believed, and respected. Empathy, or it’s appearance, is hard to manufacture. Same reasons I would prefer a human surgeon.
I `wonder if they taught it how to lie?
Somebody should ask it if it knows any good lawyer jokes.
...“You ask your questions in plain English, as you would a colleague, and ROSS then reads through the entire body of law...etc...
Sounds like an automated first or second year gofer associate.
A hacker’s dream come true. Now they can do some real damage and make money at the same time.
So right you are.
Yeah, but does it laugh at the socially inept partner’s weak attempts at humor in a group setting or refrain from mocking his idiotic leftwing politics?
let me guess: ross, lives on a server farm out in the bahamas and has an h1b visa to work here. go ross!
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