More young people than old, and more men than women, are open to artificial intelligence-powered machines replacing people in a variety of jobs, according to the latest Media & Technology Survey from Boston University's College of Communication and Ipsos. By more than 30 percentage points, Americans ages 18 to 34 surveyed were more receptive than those 55 or older when considering AI replacing people working as journalists, hiring managers, trial judges, spiritual advisers or leaders of religious congregations. Respondents ages 35 to 54 were in-between. Men were more receptive than women to AI replacing workers in those jobs by almost 10 percentage points. Still, three out of four respondents across all ages, genders, ethnicities and income groups say having AI replace people in these jobs "doesn't seem like a good idea" or is "definitely a bad idea."

Nearly 250 years ago, the British East India Company under governor general Warren Hastings started'Dewani' (civil) and'Fauzdari' (criminal) court system. The first Law Commission, set up in 1834 under Lord T B Macaulay, did stupendous work towards codification of civil and criminal laws. After the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, the British government acted on the drafts presented by the commission and enacted Civil Procedure Code, 1859; Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Criminal Procedure Code, 1861. Codification of civil and criminal laws led to a spurt in court-based litigation which stamped out the traditional panchayat system that provided inexpensive justice. By 1920s, India had a population of 11 crore. Yet, courts had started feeling the heat of pendency.