Artificial Intelligence is currently playing a significant role in our everyday life. Whether we're trying to classify plant species, Netflix viewing preferences or mortgage suitability, we depend on AI to handle it all for us. While having AI make everyday decisions for us is somewhat acceptable, using machines to determine guilt or innocence in court may seem a step too far. But the Estonian government doesn't think so. According to Wired, the Estonian Ministry of Justice has officially asked the country's chief data officer, Ott Velsberg, to design a robot judge.

Estonia, a tiny Northern European nation of fewer than 1.4 million inhabitants, has made impressive strides in digitizing, streamlining, and modernizing its government functions. Estonia famously launched its "e-residency" program that allows practically anybody -- including foreigners -- to access Estonian government services.