Nov. 24, 2020
Considering whether AI will simplify or complicate the law
Debates ensue over whether today’s law is overly complex and needs to be simplified. In the future, as artificial intelligence is infused into the field of law, there might be an inherent and axiomatic path toward simplification, though this is not necessarily a desirable result.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
For some lawyers, present-day law seems overly convoluted and unnecessarily complex. Perhaps the world would be a better place if the laws of the land were more succinct, simpler in their meaning, and easier to adjudicate.
Not everyone though holds the same view of seeking heightened simplicity.
Recall the famous words of Montesquieu (1748) as uttered in De l'Esprit des Lois: "Thus when a man takes ...
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