Scientists develop AI 'judge' that can parse and give verdicts on legal cases

Scientists and engineers have created an artificially intelligent algorithm that can parse through legal documents and determine what the likely outcome of a trial will be. In other words, robots aren't here just to take over our jobs, they're here to send us to jail as well. British scientists at UCL developed the algorithm and taught it to understand legalese by feeding the software previous human rights cases. Out of nearly 600 cases involving human rights, torture, privacy and fair trials, the program made the same judicial decisions as the human judges in 79% of cases. If there are any officers of the court feeling a bit nervous about job security right now, there is some good news.