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from the queue-the-lawyer-jokes-in-3-2-1 dept.
A chatbot-"ai"-lawyer keeps filing appeals against parking tickets and similar minor offenses. The author claims it has defeated an estimated 375,000 parking tickets by now -- defeated or appealed? Is every appeal a sure win with this bot-created-paperwork? Do people even contact lawyers to fight parking tickets? Isn't the lawyer fee almost always going to be higher than the fine? Sure, it might be about the good fight and standing up for what is right, etc. but still.
After reading the story I'm still unsure what the actual AI part of the chatbot is, it seems to just be one big decision-tree. But I guess that doesn't get as much press as claiming you have invented a lawyer-AI.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15960080/chatbot-ai-legal-donotpay-us-uk
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MrGuy on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:00PM (1 child)
Your attribution of motive is misplaced.
I am in no way ADVOCATING for governments to do more to collect these tickets (if you read what I actually wrote, I considered these so-called tickets an "abomination"). I am PREDICTING that response. Not the same thing.
Today, multiple jurisdictions issue such "tickets". I don't think they're just. I think they should NOT BE ISSUED in the first place.
But given governments DO issue these, I think the "nicely worded appeal" approach here has a limited shelf life as a deterrent to the government continuing to try to collect these unjust "tickets." I am predicting that these will soon become ineffective. Not saying that's a good thing.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:42PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?