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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: 2, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Thursday July 13 2017, @08:09PM
I once got pulled over by a local officer that seemed apologetic that he was being forced to do so by the state police.
He strongly recommended that I challenge the ticket.
I did so, and on the court day it turns out that there were about 30 of us that followed his advice. We all got minimum fine and no points. Everyone else got the full amount.
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