More than 100 million pending cases await Brazil courts, so it may not be surprising that the country’s Supreme Court Justice has a reportedly rosy view of AI in the court system, especially in time-sensitive civil and criminal matters. The potential for AI to help alleviate the backlog and potentially bring more balance and less bias may brush over the possible system errors and human rubber-stamping that come with it. This “Student Voices” podcast discusses Brazil’s use of AI in the court system and the areas ripe for more scrutiny–evaluations through RCTs and metric-based learning models.
Read the corresponding blog post (posted earlier this year).
Speakers:
- Michael Pusic, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School
- Julia Saltzman, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School
Resources mentioned:
- Federal Supreme Court’s VICTOR AI system
- SOCRATES AI system
Share feedback and relevant topics you would like the A2J Lab to discuss: a2jlab@law.harvard.edu
Stay connected with the Access to Justice Lab:
Proof Over Precedent cover art by Courtney Chrystal