Weighing the Pros and Cons of AI Judges

AI is set to replace many human jobs in the future, but should lawyers and judges be among them? Here we explore where AI is already being used in judicial systems around the world and discuss if it should play a more senior role. Could, or should, AI ever be developed that could pass judgment on a living, breathing human being? RELATED: CHINA HAS UNVEILED AN AI JUDGE THAT WILL'HELP' WITH COURT PROCEEDINGS Believe it or not, AI and some forms of advanced-algorithms are already widely used in many judicial systems around the world. In the various states within the United States, for example, predictive algorithms are already being used to help reduce the load on the judicial system.