Artificial intelligence computer 'judge' predicts court findings

London: A computer "judge" using artificial intelligence has correctly predicted verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights with 79 per cent accuracy. Computer scientists devised a program that was able to weigh up legal evidence and moral questions of right and wrong. The algorithm scoured English language data sets for 584 cases relating to torture and degrading treatment, fair trials and privacy. In each case, the program analysed the information and arrived at its own judicial decision. In 79 per cent of cases, the artificial intelligence (AI) verdict matched the one that was delivered by the court.