A sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ is intrinsic to understanding law. For humans, this self-consciousness reflects our ability to judge whether our actions are moral and ethical. Researchers believe that AI can imbibe knowledge systems and make judgements accordingly. Some … Read More
In the first article of this series, we briefly explored autonomy from various perspectives such as legal, technological, and philosophical. It lays down the groundwork for our discussions to follow in the upcoming articles of this series on the personhood of … Read More
Over the course of the last couple of years, a majority of the research work that I have taken up has been focused on autonomous systems. While there is still plenty of existing literature that I have not explored, I … Read More
Have you posted a picture on Facebook and got a recommendation to tag yourself or your friends? This is not rocket science, it is facial recognition technology at work. In contrast to other biometric features such as iris, fingerprints, and … Read More
The first and second parts of this series talked about what AI is and how it is being adopted in the legal industry, respectively. While there is no denying that the existing legal system is not equipped to deal with … Read More
This second part of the series on Artificial Intelligence and Law focusses on the role of AI in a lawyer’s life. It seeks to address how AI can be beneficial to a legal practitioner. The first part presented an introductory discussion … Read More
The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) helping human beings has been long engraved in the minds of people. The movie industry has often shown us how AI can help humanity venture far out into space, or find new ways to … Read More
Ever since the onset of COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown, the Indian judiciary had to adopt technology in the administration of justice. Courts have started using video conferencing facilities provided by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to conduct proceedings online. … Read More
With the rapid advancements in technology, new problems and issues are arising that our IT Act and subsequent rules are unable to handle. One of such issues is AI-based devices. There are many computing devices and software which we have … Read More