AI Judge?

An artificial intelligence system has been developed that can correctly predict the outcome of human right cases.

21:22 25 October 2016

An artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at University College London correctly predicts the outcome of human right cases. Using a machine learning algorithm, the system analyses the case text and was able to predict the verdict with 79per cent accuracy.

 

Dr Nikolaos Aletras, who led the study at UCL Computer Science, said: "We don't see AI replacing judges or lawyers, but we think they'd find it useful for rapidly identifying patterns in cases that lead to certain outcomes,"

 

"It could also be a valuable tool for highlighting which cases are most likely to be violations of the European Convention on Human Rights."

 

Co-author Dr Vasileios Lampos, UCL Computer Science, added: "Previous studies have predicted outcomes based on the nature of the crime, or the policy position of each judge, so this is the first time judgements have been predicted using analysis of text prepared by the court,"

 

"We expect this sort of tool would improve efficiencies of high level, in demand courts, but to become a reality, we need to test it against more articles and the case data submitted to the court,"