Debate on AI Judicial Decision-Making Must Start Now
The master of the rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, emphasizes the need to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in judicial decision-making.
Addressing the annual Legal Geek networking event, Sir Geoffrey Vos stated that lawyers and the judiciary are exploring uses for AI technology, which he considers a tool that can be "jolly useful" in the right hands, but "jolly dangerous" in the wrong hands.
Like a helicopter or a chainsaw, in the right hands can be jolly useful, in the wrong hands jolly dangerous.
Sir Geoffrey Vos notes that using AI poses "difficult and potentially troubling" questions, highlighting the need for a debate on its application in judicial decision-making.
Author's summary: Sir Geoffrey Vos calls for a debate on AI in judicial decision-making.