Technological Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is on the rise and has already become a buzzword in the legal industry. So far, the discussion around the use of technology in the legal industry focuses on the battle between humans (lawyers) and machines (robots) – and the possibility of the latter taking over the jobs of lawyers. This short article focuses on the underlying technologies behind the paradigm. Artificial Intelligence (AI) was famously defined by John McCarthy as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines." AI could also be defined as "cognitive technologies."